The Future of Free Speech Events
The 19th-century political philosopher John Stuart Mill warned that the greatest threat to free expression was not the government but the tyranny of the majority. Mill thought a society’s beliefs about what sort of opinions should be tolerated could have a greater impact on individual liberty than state or national law. Bearing this and our […]
Roundtable: “Does the ECHR really protect the ‘right to offend, shock or disturb’? A critical assessment of the European Court of Human Right´s hate speech case law” delivered by Mr. Jacob Machangama – 11 March 2021 The School of Law of UCLan Cyprus is pleased to announce a Roundtable entitled “Does the ECHR really protect […]
Participants from diverse backgrounds will share examples when a social media platform took down something they (or someone they know) posted. It could be anything – from erotic art, a picture of a wounded protestor, a video of an abusive police officer, or a sarcastic tweet mocking an extremist leader. Participants will contemplate the likely […]
Most Internet users would agree that illegal content must be removed. Most users may not agree on is an ideal timeframe in which the removal should happen! Some believe that takedowns must be as prompt as possible, some others believe that prompt takedowns lead to silencing crucial voices and opinions. Participants in this session will […]
Participants will share experiences of when a social media platform took down something they (or someone they know) posted. Did they feel that they were “censored “due to an unfair or flawed bias against them? Did they understand the reasons why their content was removed? How did they react to the removal? Did they re-post […]
Watch Future Free Speechs Natalie Alkiviadou and Raghav Mendiratta talk on our latest report Rushing to Judgment. Hosted by Voiceit. A collaboration between Accept – LGBTI Cyprus, KMOP, ANS and the United Nations Institute for Social Development The presentation was held 1st of march 2021
The Chairperson of the Forum this year is Future of Free Speech senior fellow Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou. The Thirteenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues is convened on 19 and 20 November 2020 pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/15 of 28 September 2007 and resolution 19/23 of 23 March 2012. The Forum is convened on the theme “Hate […]