Schweizer Monat: Europe Is Making Censorship Easier for Autocrats
Jacob Mchangama talks about why freedom of speech is in crisis – and how countries like Switzerland could show a way out of it.
The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie: The Global War on Free Speech
Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff are co-authors of The Future of Free Speech, a new book examining what they describe as a global “free speech recession.” In this episode, Mchangama and Kosseff talk with Nick Gillespie about why democracies are increasingly embracing speech restrictions once associated with authoritarian regimes, how fears about misinformation and child […]
Skeptic: The New War on Free Speech: Why Power Turns Everyone Into A Censor
About this episode: Free speech was supposed to be the great settled achievement of liberal democracy. Then came social media, cancel culture, campus speech battles, hate-speech laws, authoritarian tech control, and a new era of governments pressuring platforms from every direction. Michael Shermer speaks with free speech scholar Jacob Mchangama about why speech protections are […]
C-SPAN: Authors Discuss Free Speech and Censorship
Jacob Mchangama (“The Future of Free Speech”) and Nadine Strossen (“The War on Words”) argued for the importance of free speech. This event was part of the 2026 Annapolis Book Festival held at the Key School.
France 24: Culture of Hate? Trump’s America and The White House Press Gala Shooting
Even if it’s the act of a “lone wolf”, as first suggested by US President Donald Trump, Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner drama certainly did not happen in a vacuum. And just as mass shootings have become commonplace in a United States overrun by firearms, so have attempts on the lives of political figures. […]
The Good Fight: Jacob Mchangama on the Global Free Speech Recession
Jacob Mchangama on the Global Free Speech Recession by Yascha Mounk Yascha Mounk and Jacob Mchangama discuss how democracies and dictatorships alike have turned against online speech freedom. Read on Substack Jacob Mchangama is the Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech and a research professor at Vanderbilt University, as well as a Senior […]
Keen on America: Can I Say It?
“Once you start clamping down on speech, it will have serious collateral damage. And we’re starting to see that now.” — Jacob Mchangama The Jyllands-Posten editor who published those Mohammed cartoons in 2005 spent a decade under round-the-clock protection from Danish intelligence services. He’d commissioned artists to say it with their pens, but the mob […]
Life Elsewhere: Is Free Speech Under Siege? Secrets Of A Classic Pastime
The Future of Free Speech confronts a stark truth: the right to speak freely is under siege. Once celebrated as a cornerstone of democratic societies, free expression is now met with growing suspicion and retaliation across the globe. Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff present a panoramic view of how we arrived at this pivotal moment. […]
Tech Policy Podcast: The New Frontiers of Speech
Host, Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom), speaks on a panel at State of the Net with Joel Thayer (Digital Progress Institute) and Ashkhen Kazaryan (The Future of Free Speech), and Luke Hogg (Foundation for American Innovation). They discuss how the First Amendment should work in a world of algorithms and AI. Links: AI + 1A: Why the […]
Law and Disorder Radio: The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy’s Most Essential Freedom
The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy’s Most Essential Freedom Today, anyone who cares about freedom of expression needs to face a stark truth: the right to speak freely is under siege. Once celebrated as a cornerstone of democratic societies, free expression is now met with growing suspicion and retaliation across […]