Quilette: How the Dutch Created Europe’s First Free-Speech Zone More than 400 years Ago
On a Continent embroiled in religious turmoil and persecution, tolerance and free speech found few…
Free Speech – A History from Socrates to Social Media
Today Jacob Mchangama’s new book Free Speech – A History from Socrates to Social Media…
The Economist: A history of free expression charts its seesawing progress
Repression leads to liberalisation and vice versa, says Jacob Mchangama Free Speech. By Jacob Mchangama. Basic Books;…
Wall Street Journal: Will Banning Hate Speech Make Europe Safer?
A new EU plan targeting extremists ignores history’s lessons about the danger of restricting unpopular…
The Guardian: Kenan Malik – Freedom of speech was too hard won to be cavalier now about censorship
If the great campaigners for free speech of the past, such as Baruch Spinoza or…
Report: The Wild West? Illegal comments on Facebook
Read the report (Sorry, only in Danish) Summary of the report This report investigates the…
CPJ: How social media regulation could affect the press
The United Kingdom moved a step closer to regulating social media in December when a…
Persuasion: A Race to the Bottom on Internet Censorship
Liberal democracies are passing online speech laws. They’re inspiring autocrats. Nothing more sharply differentiates liberal…
Kirkus Review: Free Speech – A History from Socrates to Social Media
A comprehensive history of free speech from ancient to modern times. In this well-researched and…
OpnioJuris: Hate Speech by Proxy – Sanchez v France and the Dwindling Protection of Freedom of Expression
This short piece has been inspired by the case of Sanchez v France which was…