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Politiken: When Amnesty Turns ‘Immigrant Boys’ and ‘Fools’ into Hate Speech, Something Has Gone Wrong

Censorship in the Sciences: The Free Speech Recession and How to Reverse It

Tech Policy Press: Will the DSA Save Democracy? The Test of the Recent Presidential Election in Romania

Statement on Supreme Court TikTok Ban Decision

Le Point: Repeal the Offense of Apology for Terrorism? A Necessary Debate

El Diario: EU Drags Its Feet in the Face of Musk and Zuckerberg’s Challenge Amid The Fervor of the Far Right

Persuasion: Don’t Mourn the Fact-Checkers

France 24: France’s ‘Schizophrenic’ Approach to Freedom of Expression Helps Erode It, Researcher Says

WSJ: Banning TikTok Would Violate America’s Free Speech Tradition

Le Point: Freedom of Expression: When Censorship Seduces Democracies, to Their Risks and Perils

Amicus Brief: FIRE, The Future of Free Speech Join Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Overturn TikTok Ban

Mother Jones: Curl Up With the Best Books We Read This Year

Joint Statement: Civil Society Demands Action ahead of Internet Governance Forum

2024 Year in Review

The Center Square: Emergency Petition Urges Halt to TikTok ban

Washington Post: TikTok Asks Court to Pause Law that Could Shut Down App in U.S. Next Month

CELE: Threatening Dynamics on Internet Governance: The Case of Europe and The Digital Services Act (DSA)

Tech Policy Press: Safeguarding Freedom of Expression in the AI Era

The Future of Free Speech Joins The Global Network Initiative (GNI)

Human Rights Here: Platform Liability, Hate Speech, and the Fundamental Right to Free Speech

Volokh Conspiracy: Book Review: “Fearless Speech” Doesn’t Take First Amendment History Seriously

International Press Institute: Media Freedom and Pluralism in The Republic of Cyprus: An Overview

Sacramento Bee: Judge Temporarily Blocks New California Election Deepfake Law, Citing First Amendment

Ars Technica: Elon Musk Claims Victory after Judge Blocks Calif. Deepfake Law

Techopedia: 50% of U.S. States Enact Deepfake Laws To Protect 2024 Elections

MSNBC: California’s Solution to Fight AI Disinformation Is Worse than The Problem

Pirate Wires: Censorship for Profit

Public News Service: Study Reveals Shifting American Views on Free Speech Amid Israel-Hamas War

Persuasion: Reflections on Right-Wing Cancel Culture

UnHerd: Meta Outshines Musk on Free Speech with ‘From the River to the Sea’ Decision

Reason: The Soft Totalitarianism of the Political Class

Tech Policy Press: New United Nations Cybercrime Convention Sets Unprecedented International Anti-Human Rights Standard

Mother Jones: Trump Is Threatening to Jail Political Enemies. He’s Not Alone.

Reason: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest Is Part of a Global War on Free Speech

Techopedia: Telegram Arrest Leaves Other CEOs Nervous in Europe

Techopedia: Can AI Rules Damage Freedom of Speech?

Reason: Free Speech Coalition Slaps Censorious E.U. Commissioner Who Threatened Elon Musk

Euractiv: Civil Society Criticises Commissioner Breton’s Approach to EU Digital Rulebook

The National Desk: Free Speech Groups Blast EU Official Who Sent Elon Musk Disinformation Warning

Open Letter to EU Commissioner Thierry Breton Raises Alarm Over DSA’s Threats to Free Speech

Sir Salman Rushdie and Masih Alinejad Join Inaugural Global Free Speech Summit As Keynote Speakers

The Conversation: Americans Love Free Speech, Survey Finds − Until They Realize Everyone Else Has It, Too

The Tennessean: Nashville Leaders Should Condemn Neo-Nazis But Avoid New Laws That Will Stifle Free Speech

Tech Policy Press: Digital Services Act Roundup: June – July 2024

The Lembit Öpik Show: Fake News Criminalization in Cyprus Threatens Free Speech

Tech Policy Press: DSA Showdown: Unpacking the EU’s Preliminary Findings Against X

Verfassungsblog: Prison for Fake News

Reason: If You Don’t Trust Media Now, Wait Until It’s Government-Funded

Lawfare: In NetChoice Cases, SCOTUS Reaffirms Limits to Government Intervention With Online Speech

The Future of Free Speech Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on NetChoice Cases

Tech Policy Press: Most Comments Deleted From Social Media Platforms in Germany, France, and Sweden Were Legal Speech — Why That Should Raise Concerns for Free Expression Online

Media Laws: Will the EMFA Improve Freedom of Expression, Media Pluralism, and Media Independence in Europe?

TechDirt: European Content Removal Laws Are Scrubbing The Internet Of Completely Legal Content

Schweizer Monat: Big Tech as State Censorship Agent

Slovakia: Cease attacks on journalists and satirists amid growing tensions

Reason: Report: E.U. Censorship Laws Mostly Suppress Legal Speech

Tech Policy Press: Digital Services Act Roundup: April – May 2024

La Presse: Excess of Censored Messages, Limited Freedom of Expression

Tech Policy Press: The Digital Services Act Meets the AI Act

Report: “Staggering Percentage” of Legal Content Removed from Social Platforms in France, Germany and Sweden

The Future of Free Speech Advises Meta to Uphold Freedom of Expression Principles in Moderation Decisions of Pro-Palestinian Content

Human Rights Here: Article 17 of the ECHR and the Run-Down to Lenis v Greece

The Daily Beast: PEN America Is Right to Stay Out of Gaza War Activism

Tech Policy Press: Generative AI Developers Should Commit to Free Speech and Access to Information

Reason: Should Free Speech Pessimists Look to Europe?

Reason: Australia Tries To Censor the World

The Conversation: AI Chatbots Refuse to Produce ‘Controversial’ Output − Why That’s A Free Speech Problem

Tech Policy Press: Digital Services Act Roundup: February – March 2024

NYU First Amendment Watch: Jacob Mchangama on the First Amendment Implications of Generative AI

Naples Daily News: Florida Abandons Free Speech Principles to Combat DEI Excesses

Persuasion: How to Fight Misinformation Without Censorship

WSJ: J.K. Rowling Is Right to Protest Hate-Speech Laws

Statement on Vanderbilt’s Media Access Policies

The Critic: The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good

Reason: Free Speech Is Under Attack in the U.S., but It’s on the Ropes Elsewhere

The Future of Free Speech Responds to Arrest of Nashville Scene Reporter on Vanderbilt Campus

Schweizer Monat: Censorship Doesn’t Prevent Hatred

Law & Liberty: Free Speech Beyond the Marketplace

Semafor: Content moderation laws seen as threatening freedom of speech

WGCU Interview: “Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media”

amaBhungane: There is a Global Free Speech Recession and South Africa is not immune

Lawfare: Have Trouble Understanding Section 230? Don’t Worry. So Does the Supreme Court.

Politico Pro: The Content Wars: Analyzing Chatbot Content Policies

TIME: The Future of Censorship Is AI-Generated

Tech Policy Press: Digital Services Act Roundup – July 2023 – January 2024

Unherd: Beware the WEF’s new misinformation panic

The Guardian: Democracy’s Super Bowl: 40 elections that will shape global politics in 2024

NYT: Social Media Is a Mess. Government Meddling Would Only Make It Worse.

Press release: Global free speech restrictions spark concerns in democracies

Foreign Policy: Evidence Is Growing That Free Speech Is Declining

DSA Enforcement Tracker

Daily Beast: Anti-Blasphemy Laws Are Great for Tyrants, but Terrible for Dissidents

Counter Speech Trainings

Persuasion: Free Speech Defenders Must Be Consistent

DSA Obersvatory: The Out-of-court Settlement Mechanism under the DSA – Questions and Doubts

Cato: Is Freedom of Expression Dangerous? No, Study Finds More Expression Helps Us Handle Conflict

Jacob Mchangama Signs The Westminster Declaration

WKRN: Vanderbilt scholars analyze role of AI in hate speech

Petition: Stop Denmark’s New Blasphemy Ban

Reason: Denmark May Ban Burning the Quran