Daily Beast: The Problem With Banning Russian Disinformation
“Fake news” can be harmful, but freedom of expression and access to information is the…
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Foreing Affairs: The War on Free Speech – Censorship’s Global Rise
The roots of free speech are ancient, deep, and sprawling. The Athenian statesman Pericles extolled…
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…
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…
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…