Democracy Defender Award 2019
The Democracy Defender Award honors a person or group for exceptional contributions to the promotion…
Browsing: Press Coverage
Battle of Ideas: National identity and belonging – what does it mean to be a citizen?
Are we are seeing a clash between a cosmopolitan view of citizenship and a…
Foreign Policy: “The Welfare State Is Committing Suicide by Artificial Intelligence”
Denmark is using algorithms to deliver benefits to citizens—and undermining its own democracy in the…
Arc Digital:”The Return of Seditious Libel in the Age of Trump”
A brief tour of American history reveals Trump does not understand the concept—or importance—of the…
Quillette”Upholding the Jihadist’s Veto”
In his provocative essay The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine didn’t mince words on Christianity. ”What…
Economist:”Blasphemy bans are struck out in Ireland and reinforced in Austria”
WHEN it comes to basic principles of free speech and freedom of belief, do the…
Quilette: “The Death of the First Amendment in Cyberspace”
In 1996, cyber activist John Perry Barlow addressed national governments in his Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace;…
Robert Sharp:”Two Conceptions of Free Speech in Ancient Athens”
I’m really enjoying ‘Clear and Present Danger: The Free Speech Podcast’hosted by Jacob Mchangama. Its a…
Sky News:”Burka ban in Denmark: The women facing fines for what they choose to wear”
The Danes have joined the French, Belgians and Austrians in outlawing full face coverings -…
So to Speak:”How censorship crosses borders with Jacob Mchangama”
listen to Jacob Mchangmas guest appearance in FIREs (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) podcast…