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Free speech is a long American tradition – but so are attempts to restrict free speech. A First Amendment scholar writes about measures a century ago to silence those criticizing government.
The social media giant’s third-party review panel upheld Facebook’s ban on Donald Trump. A corporate governance expert explains why Facebook created the Oversight Board.
Proposed new hate speech laws would tighten legal definitions but broaden their potential application.
Philosopher Peter Singer has helped launch a new, pseudonymous journal for the discussion of unpopular views. Will this be a boon for free inquiry, or a way for researchers to shirk responsibility?
Under cover of the coronavirus many countries are passing more draconian media laws.
South Africa frequently invokes its celebrated constitution that is based on human rights, but has often failed to live up to its ideals.
Far from restoring confidence in these institutions, it’s likely interventions will just inflame moral outrage
Imagine if Facebook’s content was hosted on a blockchain — across many thousands of ordinary computers — and governed equally by each of them, rather than Mark Zuckerberg.
The issues dominating public debates about academic freedom are not where the greatest threats lie.
Can schools discipline students for remarks made online? The answer is not entirely clear.
Facebook’s choice of profits over the people is difficult to reconcile with its commitment to free speech.
It’s up to the courts to draw a line between free speech and illegal market manipulation. And the Supreme Court has never ruled on this specific question.
What to publish on incendiary issues is a complex matter, but journalists needn’t believe that not publishing, when there is a good reason, violates and inviolable right.
In a bitterly contested election, the government is seeking to control the message by shutting down the internet.
Fascists, neo-Nazis, anti-Semites and white supremacists have historically been agile adopters of the internet — and they know how to use it to their advantage.
Millions of supporters of Donald Trump flocked to the far-right social media platform, where hate speech and calls for violence thrive. The US Capitol insurrection could be the platform’s undoing.
The suggestion Trump has been censored is simply wrong. It misleads the public into believing all ‘free speech’ claims have equal merit. They do not.
Freedom of speech emerged as a concept after the invention of the printing press, and that’s worth revisiting in the context of social media and Trump’s presidency.
The first amendment could not have anticipated the rise of digital media which has profoundly changed the nature of public speech.
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law. President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics., Griffith University
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
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Professor Emeritus of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University
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Professor of Law; Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice, University of Sydney
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Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida
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Professor of Law, Queen Mary University of London
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer, School of Law, University of Aberdeen
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Higher Education, University of Mississippi
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Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations, The University of Western Australia
