…to be in crisis. Ultimately, Americans should recognize that robust free speech is a value worth defending, even if it comes with significant costs and tradeoffs. Read the full piece by Executive Director Jacob Mchangama at Persiuasion….
…to be in crisis. Ultimately, Americans should recognize that robust free speech is a value worth defending, even if it comes with significant costs and tradeoffs. Read the full piece by Executive Director Jacob Mchangama at Persiuasion….
…Is free speech in danger? Jeremy Waldron sounds a skeptical note, and he offers a series of challenging methodological questions regarding how to think about free speech and public policy. Among others, he urges that we pay more attention to the difficult problems of cross-country comparisons and the interaction between law and private social sanction. Read the complete comment here….
…l practice. There has only been a few incidences where the decisions were made based on §140 – latest in 1971. As the Prosecutor General, for the sake of freedom of speech, has failed to prosecute in cases where it was believed that the provision was violated. On this basis, we must conclude that it is unlikely that there will be actual legal consequences associated with a repeal of the blasphemy provision,” says CEO Jacob Mchangama, Justitia. “No…
…Is free speech in danger? Jeremy Waldron sounds a skeptical note, and he offers a series of challenging methodological questions regarding how to think about free speech and public policy. Among others, he urges that we pay more attention to the difficult problems of cross-country comparisons and the interaction between law and private social sanction. Read the complete comment here….
…n ideas on free speech How the editor of the New England Courant in Boston combined anti-vaxxer propaganda with free speech advocacy How the 16-year old Benjamin Franklin used Cato’s Letters to argue for freedom of speech when his brother James was in jail How the New York Weekly Journal became America’s first opposition newspaper and justified its savage hit pieces on New York governor William Cosby with Cato’s free speech principles How a jury a…
…n ideas on free speech How the editor of the New England Courant in Boston combined anti-vaxxer propaganda with free speech advocacy How the 16-year old Benjamin Franklin used Cato’s Letters to argue for freedom of speech when his brother James was in jail How the New York Weekly Journal became America’s first opposition newspaper and justified its savage hit pieces on New York governor William Cosby with Cato’s free speech principles How a jury a…
…tiations and discussions. Whilst cognizant of the fact that the structural composition of the DSA, in particular its platform liability approach will not change (for now), this paper puts forth ideas that could feed into the negotiation process, namely a rights-based approach to content moderation. We make specific reference and recommendations as to the recent proposal by the European Commission of a mechanism for facing disinformation in excepti…
…tiations and discussions. Whilst cognizant of the fact that the structural composition of the DSA, in particular its platform liability approach will not change (for now), this paper puts forth ideas that could feed into the negotiation process, namely a rights-based approach to content moderation. We make specific reference and recommendations as to the recent proposal by the European Commission of a mechanism for facing disinformation in excepti…
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