News

Persuasion: Banning Hate Speech Won’t End Extremist Violence

07.06.2022

The British Library: Freedom of the Press – The First Principle of News

25.05.2022

PBS The Open Mind: March of the Autocracies

24.05.2022

Publications

South Africa the Model? A comparative Analysis of Hate Speech Jurisprudence of South Africa and The European Court of Human Rights

12.05.2022

Thoughts on the DSA: Challenges, Ideas and the Way Forward through International Human Rights Law

05.05.2022

Article: Hate Crimes: The legality and Practicality of Punishing Bias—A Socio‑Legal Appraisal

25.04.2022

Podcasts

Global Digital Foundation: Jacob Mchangama and the History of Hate-Speech Laws

31.05.2021

Doha Debates – Course Correction: The Disrupters – Using free speech for good and evi‪l‬

15.04.2021

In Lieu of Fun: Jacob Mchangama on Clear and Present Danger

18.03.2021

Free Speech Book

Reason: Why Hate Speech Laws Backfire

24.02.2022

CBS News: How free speech is under attack in the U.S.

20.02.2022

Foreing Affairs: The War on Free Speech – Censorship’s Global Rise

09.02.2022

Events

RightsCon 2022: Dismantling online power structures and reclaiming the power to moderate our content online

03.06.2022

The British Library: Freedom of the Press – The First Principle of News

25.05.2022

Syracuse University: Is Free Speech Killing Democracy?

04.05.2022

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