Are Courts Re-inventing Internet Regulation?
Discussion Paper May 2015 The debate on Internet governance, and freedom of expression on-line in particular, has largely focused on the place of Internet …
Levy Virgo v. Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
In April 2021, Mr. Marcos Levy Virgo submitted a request requiring environmental information to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica. Through this…
Applying International Human Rights Law for Use by Facebook
Published in Yale Journal on Regulation, September 14, 2020 Abstract: In recent years, social media platforms have been beset with hate speech, misinformation, disinformation, incitement…
Bringing Down an Uprising: Egypt’s Stillborn Revolution
Texas A&M University School of Law August 14, 2014 30 Conn. J. Int’l L. 1 (2014) Abstract: Despite warnings that bleak socio-economic conditions were pushing…
Justice. Opportunities and Challenges for Artistic Freedom
Art, Freedom of Expression, and Challenges to Freedom of Expression Why are art and creativity related to the concepts of freedom, justice and the absence…
High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom submits amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in ‘El Universo’ criminal defamation case
The High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom submitted an amicus curiae petition to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Case…
The Digital Berlin Wall: How Germany (Accidentally) Created a Prototype for Global Online Censorship
Global Internet freedom is in decline. Authoritarian states manipulate the Internet to serve their own illiberal ends. But liberal democracies have also limited Internet freedom to…
CGFoE Celebrates 10th Anniversary and Awards 2024 Prizes
On April 25, 2024, dozens of global free speech advocates joined us for the all-day event at the Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York City,…
From Constitutional Freedoms to the Power of the Platforms: Protecting Fundamental Rights Online in the Algorithmic Society
This paper was originally published by the European journal of legal studies, 2019, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 65-103. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3365106 Abstract The…