Mozilla Festival 2021: Silencing the silenced? The impact of takedown legislations on civil liberties and victims of human rights abuses

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 […]

Mozilla Festival 2021: Our speech, our rules: Decentralising Content Moderation and Reclaiming the power to govern our communities

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 […]

UN – Hate Speech, Social Media and Minorities – Thirteenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues

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 […]