BBC: Has Covid rolled back democratic rights?
Once democratic freedoms are snatched away, can they be clawed back? David Kaye – Professor of law,…
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The Economist: Censorious governments are abusing “fake news” laws
… Even as free-speech campaigners in rich democracies offer support to those fighting censorship in…
Uncommon Decency: A Transatlantic Fracture Over Speech? with Frances G. Burwell & Jacob Mchangama
Executive Director Jacob Mchangama guests the Uncommon Decency podcast to discuss regulating social media. In…
Lawfare: Rushing to Judgment – Examining Government Mandated Content Moderation
On March 15, 2019, Brenton Tarrant logged on to 8chan and posted a message on…
Arc Digital: The Purge of Trumpism
Within days the most powerful man in the world had been permanently cut off from…
Foreign Policy: How to Judge Facebook’s New Judges
“We Must Save Democracy From Conspiracies,” insisted British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in a Time…
Free to Disagree: SNP hate crime bill flouts international human rights law
The Scottish Government’s Hate Crime Bill flouts international human rights law and poses a “dire…
Reason: German-Style Internet Censorship Catches On Around the World
“This raises the question of whether Europe’s most influential democracy has contributed to the further…
CPJ: Germany revisits influential internet law as amendment raises privacy implications
On October 1, a new law to regulate content posted on social media platforms took…
Politico: Germany’s balancing act – fighting online hate while protecting free speech
Late in the evening on June 1, 2019, Walter Lübcke, a local German politician,…