By Joel J. Miller Fragile Inheritance: How Free Speech Was Won and Could Be Lost by Joel J Miller A Conversation with Jacob Mchangama on the Long History—and Uncertain Future—of Our Most Essential Liberty Read on Substack In America today, you can say almost anything—until you do. From college campuses to social media feeds, company […]
In this episode, host Peter Boghossian speaks with Jacob Mchangama, founder of The Future of Free Speech, research professor at Vanderbilt, and Senior Fellow at FIRE. While they’re both staunch free speech advocates, they debated its best “branding.” Peter argued for framing free speech less as a moral absolute—how Peter once described it as cognitive […]
Jacob Mchangama joins the So To Speak Podcast as host and guests travel from America to Europe, Russia, China, and more places to answer the question: Is there a global free speech recession? Host: Nico Perrino, FIRE Executive Vice President Guests: – Sarah McLaughlin: FIRE senior scholar, global expression – James Kirchick: FIRE senior fellow
Host Yascha Mounk and Jacob Mchangama explore the different approaches—and proliferating threats—to free expression. Jacob Mchangama is the Founder and Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech, a research professor at Vanderbilt University, and a Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). His book Free Speech: A History From Socrates to […]
From the State of the Net Conference hosted by the Internet Education Foundation. Jacob Mchangama discusses the relationship between government, Big Tech content moderation, and free speech online—drawing on Europe’s regulatory approach to bring much-needed global context to the conversation.
Watch: Listen: How does European free speech law differ from American free speech law, when it comes to “hate speech,” blasphemy, and misinformation? Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh welcome Jacob Mchangama, who is CEO of The Future of Free Speech; research professor of political science at Vanderbilt; the author of Free Speech: A History […]
At the 39th annual Silha Lecture, Jacob Mchangama delves into the ongoing debates over speech restrictions, revealing how they mirror arguments of the past. Through five key lessons from history, he unpacks the complexities of free speech in the digital age, offering a nuanced perspective on the challenges we face today. Here are some excerpts […]
Jacob Mchangama joins Emily Jashinsky on UnHerd’s Undercurrents to discuss Elon Musk’s inconsistent record on free speech since acquiring Twitter (now known as X). Mchangama recognizes that Musk has taken notable steps to champion free expression, such as reinstating controversial figures on the platform, vocally criticizing European digital regulations, and resisting censorship attempts by Brazilian […]
On April 23, 2024, Jacob Mchangama gave the Publius Lecture at Stanford University Law School. Hailed as the “first freedom,” free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat. In […]
Is free speech truly hindering us, or is it one of our most vital democratic safeguards? There is growing pessimism towards the First Amendment and a call to mimic European-style speech regulations. But Jacob Mchangama from The Future of Free Speech warns that this could open the door to disturbing censorship. This debate strikes at […]