…tantial majority (87.5% to 99.7%) of deleted comments on Facebook and YouTube Read More Report: Preventing “Torrents of Hate” or Stifling Free Expression Online? Report: Preventing “Torrents of Hate” or Stifling Free Expression Online? 29. May, 2024 Report: Preventing “Torrents of Hate” or Stifling Free Expression Online? 5. December, 2023 Report: Global free speech restrictions spark concerns in democracies The global landscape for free speech is…
…came back to haunt him in critical pamphlets and newspapers How Struensee had to compromise his free speech ideals in 1771 How Struensee was ousted and executed by disgruntled nobles who ended his free speech experimentation and cracked down on dissent Why critical writings about herring fishery should never be allowed Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked death…
…Para Mchangama, se juízes decidirem que ideias podem ser proibidas como desinformação, movimento fará com que eles pareçam estar tomando partido. Read the full interview …
…t severely restricted press freedom. But how did Sweden and Denmark-Norway become trailblazers of press freedom, if only for the briefest of time? Find out in this episode where we explore: How Sweden’s Age of Liberty introduced parliamentarism but kept freedom of speech suppressed by censorship How writers like Peter Forsskål and Anders Nordencrantz argued for press freedom inspired by Enlightenment ideals How Peter Forsskål’s “Thoughts on Civil…
…, use of sources, respect for privacy and data protection, among many others. Freedom of expression and privacy may come in conflict on any platform, including the online space. Conflicts between the two rights have been addressed numerous times in the case law of the ECtHR, which has developed an elaborate jurisprudence focusing on whether the domestic authorities struck a fair balance between the two rights. Speakers…
It’s a paradox: The ability to communicate, spread and access information freely across borders and barriers has never been more readily available to people around the globe. Yet the belief in freedom of thought and expression as fundamental values underpinning an uber-connected world seems to be eroding. Even in democracies. Whether its American college students protesting (sometimes violently) speakers they disagree with, European democracies p…
…The Danish government plans to double the penalties for crimes committed in deprived “ghetto” areas, where immigrant numbers are above-average. It is part of a drive to have “no more ghettos by 2030”, Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said. Read the full article and lawyer Birgitte Eirikssons comments to the legislative proposals….
…icking about fake news, populism and extremism, or the American president labelling the media an “enemy of the people.” Instead free speech has increasingly come to be viewed as an excuse and a vehicle for racism, bigotry, populism, disinformation and a general threat to social peace, harmony and order. This is backed up by data from Freedom House showing that global respect for press freedom reached a 13-year low in 2016 following constant declin…
…eader concerned about extremism. French President Emmanuel Macron has worried that the internet is becoming a “threat” to democracy. Read the full piece here….
…speech. And she is not the only democratic leader concerned about extremism. French President Emmanuel Macron has worried that the internet is becoming a “threat” to democracy. Read the full piece here….
