Analysis and notes
Report: Preventing “Torrents of Hate” or Stifling Free Expression Online?
An Assessment of Social Media Content Removal in France, Germany, and Sweden The over-removal of…
Report: Global free speech restrictions spark concerns in democracies
The global landscape for free speech is under threat, a new report shows, as open…
Press coverage
Daily Beast: Anti-Blasphemy Laws Are Great for Tyrants, but Terrible for Dissidents
Far-right provocateurs burning Qurans led Denmark to pass a law forbidding “improper treatment” of religious…
Petition: Stop Denmark’s New Blasphemy Ban
Freedom of expression—including the freedom to mistreat religious artefacts, however crude that may be as…
events
Seminar on the new rules for political advertising – An impossible balance with freedom of expression?
You are invited to a morning seminar on the regulation of online political advertising in…
Webinar on freedom of expression and privacy on social media.
The Future Free Speech are invting you to morning webinar on freedom of expression and…
Podcast
Global Digital Foundation: Jacob Mchangama and the History of Hate-Speech Laws
Paul MacDonnell talks with Jacob Mchangama about the post-WWII history of attempts to constrain hateful…
Doha Debates – Course Correction: The Disrupters – Using free speech for good and evil
Social media has made it easier than ever to share ideas around the world and…