Academic Research

Journal Articles, Working Papers, and Other Published Research

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The Oxford Handbook of Hate Speech: Global Historical Precedents

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Digital Hate Review: Generative AI and Free Speech: The Importance of International Human Rights Law

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arXiv: Community by Design

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SUR International Journal on Human Rights: Artificial Intelligence and Online Hate Speech Moderation

Journal of Free Speech Law: A Cure Worse than the Disease: Why the EU’s Proposal to Criminalize Hate Speech Violates Freedom of Expression—and Won’t Reduce Intolerance or Extremism

International Conference on Machine Learning: AI Usage Policies Should Be Aligned with International Human Rights Law

CELE: Moderating Hate or Moderating Rights? The Paradox of the European Approach to Online Hate Speech and Platform Liability

Book Chapter: The Future of Free Speech: Old Threats and New Challenges

Information & Communications Technology Law: Platform Liability, Hate Speech and The Fundamental Right to Free Speech

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law: Article 17 Free Speech and the Guillotine — The Countdown to Lenis v Greece

Article: Speech that Isn’t Mine: Obligations Under the European Court of Human Rights

Article: Freedom of Expression and Social Conflict

Case law on Hate Speech: The Enduring Question of Thresholds

Case Law Collection: Internet shutdowns in international law

Article: The Internet, Internet Intermediaries and Hate Speech – Freedom of Expression in Decline?

International journal of Human Rights: Artificial intelligence and online hate speech moderation

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law: Special issue on free speech

South Africa the Model? A comparative Analysis of Hate Speech Jurisprudence of South Africa and The European Court of Human Rights

Article: Hate Crimes: The legality and Practicality of Punishing Bias—A Socio‑Legal Appraisal

Working Paper: Who Cares about Free Speech

Human Rights Law Review: Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: Whatever Happened to the Right to Offend, Shock or Disturb?

Call for papers: Hate Speech vs. Free Speech

Article – The Legal Regulation of Hate Speech: The United Nations Framework as the Common Denominator for Europe and Asia

Paper: Does Freedom of Expression Cause Less Terrorism? (Accepted, Political Studies, 2020.)