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Academics must teach students how to think – not what to think.
The Moroccan state’s case against a leading academic could have far reaching ramifications for academic freedom and research at the country’s universities.
As the debate spreads from Missouri to universities across the country, insights from The Conversation’s coverage of race on campus.
Constitutional judges are best seen as backstops, not as activists for one value like liberty over others like integrity and equality.
Ten years after the Danish cartoon crisis, it’s time to discuss how freedom of religion and freedom of speech can coexist.
The university should be the bastion of the right to free expression in the promotion of democracy, and has a moral and ethical obligation to provide spaces for fierce debate and critical engagement.
Satisfaction with democracy varies widely in Africa. Across 28 countries, only 46% of citizens say they are “very satisfied” or “fairly satisfied” with the way democracy works in their countries.
Hulk Hogan is suing Gawker for $100 million in a case that not only could bankrupt the media empire known for its gossip but could erode the First Amendment as well.
Hockey v Fairfax illustrates that recent legal and technological developments still pose challenges for defamation law, which has not been reformed to keep pace with these changes.
The elephant in the room in the just-concluded defamation case between Joe Hockey and Fairfax Media was the actual story being attacked. Media organisations ought to be able to instigate the debate without fear of reprisals by litigious politicians.
In all the politicking and government attacks on the ABC for giving a platform to former terror suspect Zaky Mallah, the free speech debate has become confused.
Two recent Supreme Court cases on free speech might appear to be at odds with each other, but not if you examine the nuances of the court’s decisions
France’s paradoxical relationship with provocative artworks has, again, come to the fore.
The proposal to change Wisconsin tenure rules comes up for a vote by the state’s full Senate and House later this month. What will be the consequences?
The trial of an American journalist in Iran was a craven farce – and a reminder of the brutality with which Tehran still treats journalists.
The recent sacking of an SBS journalist for controversial statements made on social media could inspire self-censorship amongst journalists.
Last month President Obama welcomed the film Selma into the White House – a first-family showing that, as it happens, occurred a century after the first-ever screening of a movie inside the White House…
Freedom of speech is at the heart of academic life and a university should be a place where every issue is discussed and debated. Not so, according to the findings presented in the first ever Freedom of…
Feature films and television shows notoriously play fast-and-loose with the facts. When prologues proclaim “Based on a True Story,” they’re gracefully implying that what follows is mostly fiction. Awards…
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