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Persuasion: The Voice of America Falls Silent

Persuasion: The Voice of America Falls Silent

Persuasion: The Voice of America Falls Silent
UnHerd: Prosecuting Quran Burners Is Capitulation to Blasphemy Laws

UnHerd: Prosecuting Quran Burners Is Capitulation to Blasphemy Laws

UnHerd: Prosecuting Quran Burners Is Capitulation to Blasphemy Laws
The Daily Texan: US Immigration Officials to Begin Monitoring Non-Citizen Social Media for ‘Antisemitic Activity’

The Daily Texan: US Immigration Officials to Begin Monitoring Non-Citizen Social Media for ‘Antisemitic Activity’

The Daily Texan: US Immigration Officials to Begin Monitoring Non-Citizen Social Media for ‘Antisemitic Activity’
Paso a Paso: Joan Barata: "Social Media Reflects Countries' Problems; Others Believe It's The Other Way Around"

Paso a Paso: Joan Barata: "Social Media Reflects Countries' Problems; Others Believe It's The Other Way Around"

Paso a Paso: Joan Barata: "Social Media Reflects Countries' Problems; Others Believe It's The Other Way Around"
Tech Policy Press: Can Social Media Bring Us Together? Experts Say Yes

Tech Policy Press: Can Social Media Bring Us Together? Experts Say Yes

Tech Policy Press: Can Social Media Bring Us Together? Experts Say Yes
Quillette: The Fight for Academic Freedom in the UK

Quillette: The Fight for Academic Freedom in the UK

Quillette: The Fight for Academic Freedom in the UK

 

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Featured Commentary

Reason: Survey: Free Speech Support Is Eroding in America

04.03.2025

CBS News: U.S. Support for Free Speech Drops by 3 Percentage Points, Survey Finds

03.17.2025

WSJ: Banning TikTok Would Violate America’s Free Speech Tradition

01.02.2025
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Who In The World Supports Free Speech? Findings from A Global Survey

03.17.2025

Book Chapter: The Future of Free Speech: Old Threats and New Challenges

12.05.2024

UNESCO: Access to Information, Exemptions and The Public Interest Override

10.10.2024
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Multimedia

So To Speak: Political violence and speech

07.19.2024

NPR 1A: Parsing The Pro-Palestinian Protests on Campuses Across the Country

04.30.2024

Vanderbilt Law Dean’s Lecture Series: Jacob Mchangama Discusses Free Speech and Equality

04.26.2024
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Free Speech Book

Quillette: The Fight for Academic Freedom in the UK

04.06.2025

Critically Acclaimed “Free Speech” Released in Paperback with New Epilogue

03.18.2025

Revista Seúl: Jacob Mchangama

03.16.2025
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Events

Amicus Brief: FIRE, The Future of Free Speech Join Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Overturn TikTok Ban

12.27.2024

2024 Formación en contradiscurso — en español — 2024 Counterspeech Trainings (In Spanish)

10.08.2024

Global Free Speech Summit 2024

07.11.2024
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