Czech book launch: The Free Speech Recession and How to End It
Jacob gave a talk about the deeper conclusions of his book at the Czech book launch in September.
Doha Debates: Who should regulate social media?
Join our tech Lawyer Raghav Mendiratta on Wednesday, October 26, at 10 a.m. ET / 5 p.m. Doha, for a Twitter Spaces conversation about who should regulate social media. More than 4 billion people worldwide use some form of social media, and with information traveling at nearly the speed of light, social media has had […]
Conference: Regulating the online public sphere – From Decentralized Networks to Public Regulation
Watch the stream from 2 days of talks and discussions: DAY 1 DAY 2 Time: 9:50am-4:30pm ET Day 2: 10:00am-4:30pm ET Place: Online (Registration needed). The stakes could not be higher for finding a solution for how to regulate the global public sphere, with the survival of modern democratic governance hanging in the balance. The […]
Conference: Laughing Matters? Humor and Free Speech in the Digital Age
Negotiating the legal boundaries of free speech is a crucial challenge for democracy—especially so in the digital age, as potentially harmful material can easily gain pervasive circulation (Brison and Gelber 2019). Humor is a particularly demanding testing ground in this respect; while the right to humorous expression is vital to democratic societies, jokes can […]
Book presentation: The Far Right in Greece and the Law
Time Oct 12, 2022 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic The Far Right in Greece and the Law Description Natalie Alkiviadou is Senior Research Fellow at Danish think-tank Justitia. Her research focuses on free speech, ‘hate speech’ and the far-right with 2 Routledge monographs and a range of peer-reviewed articles on the […]
RightsCon 2022: Dismantling online power structures and reclaiming the power to moderate our content online
We are hosting a session at the 2022 Rightscon.
Syracuse University: Is Free Speech Killing Democracy?
The State of Democracy Lecture Series welcomed Jacob Mchangama, Founder and Executive Director of Justitia, and host of the podcast Clear and Present Danger: a history of free speech. Justitia is Denmark’s first judicial think tank aiming to promote the rule of law and fundamental human rights and freedom rights both within Denmark and abroad. […]
Conference Yale University: Revisiting Defamation, Incitement, and Hate Speech in the era of Social Media
Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference 10 (2022) Friday, April 29 5:00 – 6:00 PM: SYMPOSIUM – JOURNAL OF FREE SPEECH LAW – Revisiting Defamation, Incitement, and Hate Speech in the era of Social Media • Jacob Mchangama & Natalie Alkiviadou, South Africa the Model? A Comparative Analysis of Hate Speech Jurisprudence of South Africa and the European Court of Human […]
Democratic recession or breaking point for the “bulwark of liberty”?
The invasion of Ukraine is forcing a realignment of countries on the democratic spectrum to choose whether they will join the liberal democracies or a new authoritarian world order. A second or virtual front is taking place online to rupture Putin’s new Iron Curtain through cyber attacks, as well as interventions from non-state actors such […]
CEP Webinar with Jacob Mchangama: Countering Extremism While Protecting Freedom of Speech
(New York, N.Y. / Brussels) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is delighted to invite you to join CEP Advisors Liam Duffy and Ian Acheson for a discussion with Jacob Mchangama, author of the newly released book Free Speech: A Global History from Socrates to Social Media. The webinar will explore his thought-provoking insight into the origins […]