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Will Banning Hate Speech Make Europe Safer?

A new EU plan targeting extremists ignores history’s lessons about the danger of restricting unpopular views.

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The War on Free Speech – Censorship’s Global Rise

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U.S. Conservatives Are Threatening Global Free Speech

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Opinion  These universities are pushing back on censorious students. Finally.

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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

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Denmark and Sweden’s Commitment to Free Speech Is Wilting in the Face of Quran Burnings

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In A War of Ideas, Banning Russian Propaganda Does More Harm Than Good

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What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About Free Speech

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Don’t be too tempted by Europe’s plan to fix social media

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Sweden and Denmark bow to pressure over Quran book burnings

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Banning RT is a Soviet — not western — tactic

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The Problem With Banning Russian Disinformation

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U.K.’s Crackdown on Anti-Royal Protests Makes U.S. Free Speech Look Good

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The First Amendment Is the Greatest Defense for the Powerless and Marginalized

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False speech: What is it good for?

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The larger legacy of Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’

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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

Jacob shares 5 key insights from his new book, Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media.

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Gut gemeinte Zensur

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What will Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter mean for free speech?

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Elon Musk’ın Twitter’ı devralması ifade özgürlüğü için ne anlama gelecek?

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Watching our tongues
BOOKS | Authors highlight threats to freedom of speech

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Don’t mention the swastika

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Why silencing speech, even hurtful speech, makes us more intolerant

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What We Can Learn from the History of Free Speech

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Banning Hate Speech Won’t End Extremist Violence
It would likely make the problem worse.

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Joe Rogan, Spotify and the dangers imposed by private threats to free speech

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Jacob Mchangama, “Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media,” and Milton’s Curse

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Jacob Mchangama: “Privileging Blasphemy Norms Over Open Inquiry Plays Into the Hands of Religious Fundamentalists”

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Why Hate Speech Laws Backfire

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From Demosthenes to Nehru… why free speech remains stuck in debate.

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The roots of free speech: How did ancient civilizations regulate speech?

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How the Dutch Created Europe’s First Free-Speech Zone More than 400 years Ago

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Lições republicanas

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