From the show A Propos France has marked 10 years since an Islamist attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that shocked the country and led to fierce debate about freedom of expression and religion. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Jacob Mchangama, founder of “The Future of Free Speech” think tank and research professor […]
By Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff A heavy-handed new law forced TikTok to announce that it would shut down operations “within days.” Although the law left people without a popular forum to share and access information, a government official brushed off free speech concerns, saying that the ban did not mean “doom and gloom” for the […]
By Peggy Sastre The excerpt below is a rough English translation. Read the original in French here. Jacob Mchangama, a Danish legal scholar and author of a notable history of freedom of expression from the time of Socrates to the era of social media, is now one of the most insightful analysts of this fundamental […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. December 27, 2024 — Today, The Future of Free Speech joined the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Institute for Justice, Reason Foundation, and several other civil liberties organizations in an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in urging the Supreme Court to overturn the law banning TikTok. The brief argues that […]
Mother Jones staff highlight their favorite books they read in 2024. Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media (2022) By Jacob Mchangama Nonfiction The latest battle in the 2,500-year war over free speech came to a head during the vice presidential debate. “We actually do have a threat to democracy,” said JD Vance, as […]
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, urge the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to release people imprisoned for their online expression and foster transparency and accountability ahead of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024 hosted in Riyadh between December 15 and 19. Over two months ago, on September 6, 2024, more than 40 civil society organizations called on […]
As 2024 comes to a close, The Future of Free Speech team wants to thank you for your unwavering support. Together, we’ve achieved incredible milestones this year. Here’s a look at what you helped make possible. The Global Free Speech Summit This year, we were thrilled to host the inaugural Global Free Speech Summit at […]
By Shirleen Guerra The Liberty Justice Center filed an emergency petition alongside some TikTok creators, asking the court to halt the Jan. 19 ban until the U.S. Supreme Court gives its final ruling on the legal challenge. The emergency petition argues that the act violates the First Amendment because it bans all speech on TikTok, even […]
By Cristiano Lima-Strong and Drew Harwell TikTok asked a federal appeals court Monday to temporarily halt a law that could close down the app in the United States next month so the Supreme Court can review the matter. [ . . . ] Jeff Kosseff, senior fellow at The Future of Free Speech, a think tank […]
By Joan Barata As part of their research on the topic, CELE has characterized a threat of regulation as “any kind of public or private utterance or action by public officials who hold regulatory power over others in which they express, suggest, or imply, clearly or veiledly, their desire to see their subject’s conduct move […]