Insulting Accusation of Domestic Violence
This post originally appeared on Strasbourg Observers and is reproduced here with permission and thanks. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), delivered an interesting…
Frank v. Broadcasting Co.
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…
Upcoming Conference – The State of Free Speech: Challenges and Solutions for a Digital Age, December 4, 2023
The Future of Free Speech (FFS) Project invites you to join its annual conference on free speech, which will take place in Stockholm on December…
Library of Congress Report: Right to Peaceful Assembly
This is a re-post from the Library of Congress Index of Legal Reports Freedom of peaceful assembly is a recognized right under international human rights law. …
Job Posting: Postdoc Humor and Free Speech Regulation
The University of Groningen in the Netherlands is offering a 36-month postdoc position (full time, 1.0 FTE) within the project ‘Forensic Humor Analysis: Rethinking Offensive…
IFÖD: Report and Recommendations for the UN Universal Periodic Review on Turkey
Summary The Freedom of Expression Association (İfade Özgürlüğü Derneği – IFÖD), led by Global Freedom of Expression expert Yaman Akdeniz, submitted a report in November…
The Digital Berlin Wall: How Germany (Accidentally) Created a Prototype for Global Online Censorship – Act Two
The following article was first published by EURACTIV. The German NetzDG law to counter illegal online speech has become a prototype for internet censorship in…
Unity, honesty, dialogue, and compassion can overcome violent extremism
Dear friends and colleagues, The horrific events that occurred this past weekend underscore the importance, urgency, and necessity to intensify efforts to respond to and…