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					  Chinese journalists test free speech limits
					
Former investigative journalist Haiyan Wang describes the ways in which Chinese reporters push the boundaries of press freedom.

					  Shirin Ebadi on the fight for free speech and human rights in Iran
					
A transcript of our conversation with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, who spoke to Free Speech Debate about her book ‘Until We Are Free’.

					  Kisha clubs in Japan: an impregnable fortress of information
					
Kimiko Kuga examines the institution of the kisha club and their role in controlling information in Japan.

					  Rafael Marques and defamation law in Angola
					
Andreia Reis examines the prosecution of Rafael Marques and how free speech has been constrained in Angola.

					  ‘We need more hell’: Russian free speech and the market of attention
					
Maksim Orlov explores how free speech is not enough for effective communication.

					  Evgeny Morozov on the dark side of internet freedom
					
Evgeny Morozov highlights the dangers that can emerge when governments and corporations harness the internet to serve their own objectives.

					  Free speech and the duty of loyalty
					
Sissel Trygstad examines employees’ rights in Norwegian workplaces.

					  Policing the internet for extremist material
					
Josh Cowls discusses the Oxford Internet Institute’s report on the complexities of balancing security and privacy online.

					  Leslie Green on Right Speech
					
Leslie Green argues that Buddhist ideas about avoiding divisive, abusive and false speech can help us live together well in free societies.

					  Who decides what is ‘extreme pornography’ that could send you to jail?
					
Clarissa Smith examines the flawed narratives underlying pornography laws in the UK.

					  When is speech dangerous?
					
Jonathan Leader Maynard examines the difficulties in assessing and managing the role of speech in violence.

					  ‘No-platforming’ on university campuses: political correctness and the subversion of free speech
					
Monica Richter argues that no-platforming is more about censoring unpalatable views than protecting marginalised groups.

					  Don’t ban no-platforming
					
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh argues that no-platforming is an expressive act that can expand the field of debate, rather than the denial of free speech.

					  Ten arguments for – and against – ‘no-platforming’
					
Eric Heinze sets out the flaws in the commonly heard arguments for no-platforming.

					  ‘Oxford University has no regard for black life’
					
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh argues that Oxford has shown itself to have no regard for black life in its decision not to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes.

					  Cecil Rhodes in Oxford: from unnoticed statue to political scapegoat
					
Monica Richter argues that the inward looking Rhodes Must Fall campaign detracts from greater issues of social justice.

					  What happened to ‘the right to be forgotten’?
					
Free Speech Debate tells the story of the advisory council to Google on the right to be forgotten, and talks to council member Luciano Floridi.

					  The rise and fall of free speech under Turkey’s Islamists
					
Looking at the long sweep of the AKP’s rule, Kerem Öktem shows how the window of free speech in Turkey has closed.

					  How old-fashioned violence and repression thwarted the ‘Facebook revolution’ in Egypt
					
Max Gallien contrasts Tahrir Square in 2011 and 2016.

					  Fortress besieged: Russia’s nationalisation of the internet
					
Maksim Orlov analyses the Russian government’s attempts to substitute Russian for western internet services.

					  Free Speech Debate’s highlights of 2015
					
Neil Dullaghan sums up a year of conflict and controversy for free speech, catalogued on our website.

					  Why people shouldn’t feel the need to censor themselves
					
Roger Scruton argues that self-censorship can be as much a threat to free speech as its government equivalent.

					  Why we should defend the right to be offensive
					
Free speech can make for uncomfortable listening, argues Roger Scruton, but it needs to be defended even when it gives offence.

					  New Free Speech Debate website coming soon!
					
Stay tuned as our website prepares for a relaunch in December.

					  Mark Zuckerberg’s speech: a political statement about the future of Facebook?
					
Evelyn Walls explores how Facebook may navigate Chinese free speech restrictions as it seeks to enter the market.

					  Non-governmental organisations v Government of India: dissent and development in tension
					
Mujahid Mohammad discusses how India’s government has prioritised economic development over free speech.

					  Self-censorship in Israeli society, or: what can and cannot be said about Gaza
					
Maja Sojref examines the subordination of free speech to politics and security in Israeli society.

					  ‘Lee Kuan Yew is Finally Dead!’ blogger prosecuted
					
Julian Simmons examines a Singaporean’s expletive-laden video on the recently deceased leader and his conviction for wounding religious feelings.

					  In India, the censor’s razor is here to stay
					
Udit Bhatia explores the changing nature of state censorship of film in India and prospects for the future.

					  ‘Innocence of Muslims’ and the manufacture of outrage
					
Danyal Kazim explores the violent reaction to the YouTube video in Pakistan – starting with trying to access it from there.

					  The strange success of RT on YouTube
					
Monica Richter and Free Speech Debate colleagues examine RT’s coverage of the US protests in Ferguson and Baltimore – in four languages.

					  Why ‘no-platforming’ those who peddle hate speech does not pose a free speech issue
					
Purushottam Vikas engages with criticisms directed at a controversial petition regarding an Oxford India Society speaking event.

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