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					Ben Wizner, Edward Snowden’s lawyer: To what extent should government be allowed to curtail civil liberties for the sake of national security?
				
Ben Wizner, Edward Snowden’s ACLU lawyer, reflects on the state of and importance of the right to free speech in 2017. He argues we must not overuse the term ‘national security’ or surrender our right to privacy because we have nothing to hide, for we would not deny somebody the right to free speech because they had nothing to say.

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

					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.

					Del tabú al agravio: la libertad de expresión y la «ley anti-boicot» de Israel
				
Maja Sojref examina cómo una ley de prevención de daños al Estado de Israel expone la tensión entre la libertad de expresión y la seguridad nacional.

					John Naughton: Are private superpowers a threat to free speech?
				
John Naughton discusses the state of the internet, net neutrality and private companies.

					National Security: Sample our intellectual buffet. Or make your own meal.
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces a sample tour of the content on our site. 

					Religion: Sample our intellectual buffet. Or make your own meal.
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces a sample tour of the content on our site. 

					Privacy: Sample our intellectual buffet. Or make your own meal.
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces a sample tour of the content on our site

					Salman Rushdie: What have been the most important changes to free speech in the last 25 years?
				
25 years after the fatwa and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Salman Rushdie discusses with Timothy Garton Ash whether there is now more or less freedom of expression in Europe, worrying developments in India and his critical view of Edward Snowden. 

					Vote for Hong Kong – on the streets and online
				
In 2014, the citizens of Hong Kong staged an unofficial civil referendum in protest against the Beijing authorities’ attempts to undermine its independence. As Rebecca Wong reports, the majority of the votes were cast via a voting app on mobile phones.

					Represión importada en el Medio Oriente
				
Un documento filtrado en junio del 2014 del ministerio del interior de Egipto invitaba a licitaciones de tecnología de ciber-vigilancia para combatir la blasfemia, el sarcasmo y la ‘falta de moralidad’ – La tecnología probablemente provendría de occidente. Max Gallien reporta.

					14 year-old’s Twitter prank leads to arrest in the Netherlands
				
A prank by a 14 year-old Dutch girl on Twitter prompted both her arrest – and broader questions about free speech, as Max Harris discusses.

					Egypt: the show is over
				
Bassem Youssef and the Egyptian struggle for freedom of speech.

					National security and privacy: striking the balance
				
Anthony Lester and Zoe McCallum discuss the need to balance national security and privacy in the age of internet surveillance.

					The world through the eyes of Russian state television
				
Robert Coalson looks at how Russian television depicts everything from the crisis in Ukraine to the war in Syria.

					In Ecuador, cartoonist gets the last laugh
				
Kim Wilkinson looks at an unusual order to ‘correct’ a cartoon, and the cartoonist’s clever reply. 

					Ann Wright: Is secrecy necessary for peace and diplomacy?
				
Former US Diplomat Ann Wright speaks to Kim Wilkinson on the need for whistleblowers and institutions like WikiLeaks, but stresses that in some instances secrecy is necessary, such as in peace-making negotiations. 

					The way Xi moves: free speech under assault in China
				
Shi Yige examines different approaches to censorship in China, and argues that while internet controls might avail the leadership in the short term, they are unsustainable.

					Germans are not especially concerned about privacy and sovereignty
				
Nazi past? Stasi past? Sebastian Huempfer challenges the conventional explanations for Germany’s strong reaction to Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA snooping.

					Assessing the state of free speech in Norway
				
University of Oslo professor Tore Slaatta describes a pioneering project to evaluate freedom of expression in a whole country.

					El uso de la retórica de la libertad de prensa para hacer fracasar a la libertad de expresión
				
Martin Moore, director de Media Standards Trust, alega que la prensa británica le ha negado al público británico un debate apropiado sobre la regulación de la prensa.

					What does George Orwell mean to people in Burma?
				
At  the 2013 Irrawaddy Literary Festival, Burmese writers including Pascal Khoo Thwe and blogpoet Pandora talk about George Orwell in the country where he was once an imperial policeman.

					Thou shall not leak: Thomas Fingar on why leaking classified information is unnecessary and dangerous
				
Thomas Fingar, 2013 winner of the Sam Adams Awards for Integrity in Intelligence, argues that leaking classified information from within the intelligence services is unnecessary and dangerous.

					Who is tracking the trackers? Use “Collusion” to find out.
				
The debate raised by revelations of NSA surveillance has drawn our attention to how we are being tracked online. Sebastian Huempfer describes a new tool to show us how those electronic cookies crumble.

					Why did the famous Indian painter M.F Husain feel he had to leave India?
				
Shruti Kapila, Patrick French and Faisal Devji discuss freedom of expression and the arts in India.

					Can a law-abiding liberal democracy be Big Brother?
				
Jeff Howard explores the legal basis on which the US is collecting vast amounts of data on foreign and US citizens, despite the Fourth Amendment.

					The best director censored
				
Ang Lee’s winning Oscar speech was censored in China to remove his special thanks to Taiwan.

					In defence of whistleblowing
				
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern has been an outspoken defender of whistleblowers and alternative media sources.

					Whistleblower’s argument
				
Edward Snowden was not the first NSA official to sound the alarm. Thomas Drake, winner of the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, makes his case to Free Speech Debate.

					Cuando quedarse callado es hablar
				
Stephen Meili compara el tratamiento que reciben las personas que se niegan a declarar su lealtad política en el Reino Unido y en Estados Unidos.

					When and where should extremists be allowed to march?
				
Protests held by far right groups in ethnically diverse areas are provocation, but banning them can have undesired effects. Josh Black looks at a ban on the English Defence League in East London.

					The ‘Brandenburg test’ for incitement to violence
				
In 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court made history by ruling that, to merit conviction, the violence advocated must be intended, likely and imminent. By Jeff Howard.

					¿Cuándo se hace peligroso el discurso de incitación al odio? Tome en cuenta a Kenia y Ruanda
				
El venidero juicio contra el locutor Joshua Arap Sang plantea importantes interrogantes sobre las conexiones entre las palabras y la violencia, alega Katherine Bruce-Lockhart.

					Taming the gods: How should we deal with religious threats to free speech?
				
At the 2013 Jaipur Festival, Ian Buruma, Reza Aslan, Ahdaf Souief and Timothy Garton Ash, in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury, talk about the relationship between religion and politics and how to deal with religious threats to free speech.

					¿Birmania retrocede hacia los tiempos de la censura?
				
A pesar de sus argumentos a favor de la libertad de prensa, el gobierno ha creado una sorpresiva iniciativa que contiene provisiones muy opresivas y que vulneran al Consejo de Prensa que creó con anterioridad, escribe Ellen Wiles.

					How has the internet changed the relationship between the writer and the state?
				
The relationship between writers and the state is complex, multifaceted and changing. At the Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 a panel of experts explores some of the issues faced by writers around the world.

					La filosofía de expresión pública en China: ¿un caso de poca teoría?
				
La postura del gobierno chino sobre la libertad de expresión está orientada por una compleja pero inteligente filosofía. Rogier Creemers hace un diagnóstico de lo que está en juego. 

					“If you rattle a snake…” The Kenyan government bites its media
				
 In 2006 the Kenyan police violently raided the offices and printing press of the Standard Group media organisation. What was the government afraid of seeing reported? Dominic Burbidge explores a revealing case.

					Is the ‘hands-off’ internet different to internet freedom?
				
At the invitation of Index of Censorship and the Editors Guild of India, Timothy Garton Ash joins Kirsty Hughes at a panel discussion in Delhi with Shri Ajit Balakrishnan, Shri Sunil Abraham and Ramajit Singh Chima. 

					El asunto del Southern Weekly: ¿Más cerca del sueño chino?
				
2013 comenzó dramáticamente en China con un confortamiento entre periodistas y las autoridades de propaganda del estado sobre una editorial de año nuevo drásticamente reescrita. Timothy Garton Ash introduce la versión original y la versión finalmente publicada.

					¿Existe un derecho a mentir sobre el gobierno?
				
En el caso hito del New York Times v. Sullivan, en 1964, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos decidió que la crítica a oficiales públicos debe ser protegida, incluso si algunas de las aseveraciones son inexactas. Jeff Howard explica el caso.

					La práctica de la libertad
				
La líder por la democracia birmana Aung San Suu Kyi señala la importancia de la libertad de expresión pero enfatiza la idea budista del “hablar correcto”.

					Ten cuidado con lo que retuiteas en Filipinas
				
Una nueva ley contra los crímenes cibernéticos en Filipinas dará poderes irrestrictos al estado para monitorear a los usuarios de internet, quitar páginas de internet y encarcelar ciudadanos, escribe Purple S. Romero.

					Prashant Bhushan: The case for a referendum and how Kashmir could become «another Afghanistan»
				
If the territorial dispute over Kashmir is not addressed through open debate, it may become «another Afghanistan», says the Indian supreme court lawyer. 

					Is self-regulation of the media in India sufficient?
				
In a panel John Lloyd, T.R. Andhyarujina, Harish Salve and Daya Thussu discussed whether self-regulation can continue to remain a viable way forward for the Indian media.

					Arundhati Roy on national security & the Indian media
				
The award-winning Indian novelist and activist speaks to Manav Bhushan about the limits to free speech in India, including government censorship through the media and «goon squads».

					¡La Guerra no es cricket!
				
Un estudiante indio y otro pakistaní de Oxford reflexionan sobre cómo sus países reportaron la misma historia cada uno a su manera.

					El futuro de la libertad de expresión
				
El activista de derechos humanos Aryeh Neier habla sobre el futuro de la libertad de expresión.

					Las razones por las cuales Ruanda y Libia necesitan libertad de expresión y regulación de los medios
				
Jerry Timmins describe un nuevo reportaje sobre los medios de dos sociedades en período de postconflicto y alega que países como Gran Bretaña deberían hacer más para apoyarles.

					A sticky WCIT and the battle for control of the internet
				
At the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), authoritarian governments staked worrying claims. But the US-dominated model of non-governmental internet governance brings its own problems, writes Alison Powell. Beware of the Clinton Paradox. 

					Después de dos años, ¿sigue siendo primavera en Túnez?
				
El 17 de diciembre de 2010 el vendedor ambulante tunecino Mohamed Bouazizi se inmoló -y comenzó la primavera árabe. A pesar de las presiones islámicas sobre la libertad de expresión y los derechos de las mujeres, Rory McCarthy continúa viendo una causa para la esperanza.

					Brasil en la encrucijada entre el autoritarismo y la democracia
				
A pesar de los avances democráticos en Brasil, leyes creadas en 1960 todavía son usadas para regular las páginas de internet, dando poderes arbitrarios al Estado. La propuesta de un “Marco Civil del Internet” puede cambiar esto, afirma Marcos Todeschini.

					Former British agent, Annie Machon: What is the case for whistleblowing?
				
Former British MI5 agent Annie Machon revealed,  together with David Shayler,  alleged criminal behaviour within the agency. In an interview with Sebastian Huempfer she speaks about the need for official channels through which whistleblowers can voice their concerns.

					What is it like to be charged with libel for cybercrime in the Philippines?
				
Filippino journalist Marites Vitug speaks about her experience being charged with libel for her investigative journalism, freedom of the press in the Philippines and the new cybercrime law.

					Ahmed Mansoor on blogging his way into a UAE prison
				
One of the United Arab Emirate’s most prominent human rights activists, Ahmed Mansoor was imprisoned in 2011 for criticising the country’s leadership. Here he discusses the death threats, defamation campaigns and physical attacks he continues to face for speaking his mind. 

					What are the biggest debates concerning Islam and free speech?
				
FSD’s Katie Engelhart sat in on this Frontline Club debate to discuss controversy surrounding the YouTube video Innocence of Muslims. 

					¿Sátira o sedición? Las caricaturas políticas en India
				
El Caricaturista Indio Aseem Trivedi fue arrestado recientemente por cargos de sedición. Manav Bhushan discute cómo una sección arcaica del código penal de la India ha sido usado para silenciar a los críticos del gobierno.

					Yahoo, free speech and anonymity in China
				
In 2002 Wang Xiaoning was sent to prison for 10 years after Yahoo passed on personal information Chinese authorities used to identify him. Judith Bruhn explores a case of conflicting laws and moral expectations.

					Has Innocence of Muslims ended the innocence of YouTube?
				
Join us to debate the role internet platforms like YouTube should play in setting free speech agendas in your country, your language and across the world. Online editor Brian Pellot kicks off the discussion. 

					Zambia’s secret freedom of information bill
				
If a decade of stalled attempts to enact Zambia’s Freedom of Information bill seems comical, there is underlying tragedy in how politicians have fallen short of their free speech rhetoric, writes Dominic Burbidge. 

					Censoring a billion voices to save a nation
				
Manav Bhushan, an Indian member of the Free Speech Debate team, makes the case for blocking hate-filled websites in his country.

					Evgeny Morozov: What is the dark side of internet freedom?
				
Author Evgeny Morozov highlights the dangers that sometimes emerge when governments and corporations harness the internet to serve their own objectives. 

					Haiyan Wang: What is it like being an investigative journalist in China?
				
Former investigative journalist Haiyan Wang describes the ways in which Chinese reporters push the boundaries of press freedom. Interview by Judith Bruhn.

					Dispárale al bóer: ¿música de odio?
				
En 2011, una corte surafricana prohibió la canción anti-apartheid Dispárale al bóer, luego de dictaminar que era un discurso de incitación al odio, escribe Nimi Hoffmann.

					¿Qué tan imparcial fue la cobertura de la BBC sobre la Primavera Árabe?
				
Un nuevo reportaje del ex director de comunicaciones de la ONU, Edward Mortimer, expresa que la cobertura de la BBC en el caso de las revueltas de la Primavera Árabe fue “razonablemente imparcial”.

					El caso del ‘espía’ ruso
				
Igor Sutyagin, un investigador nuclear ruso condenado a 15 años por cargos de espionaje, fue víctima de un acuerdo de intercambio de espías en 2010. Por Olga Shvarova.

					Africa: media and free speech
				
«People in Africa don’t have the freedom to speak freely and hold governments accountable,» says Nqobile Sibisi of Highway Africa’s Future Journalists Programme. 

					Is pro-terrorist speech a crime? Massachusetts says so
				
In 2012, Tarek Mehanna was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison by a US court for conspiring to provide support to terrorists, writes Jeff Howard.

					Is China actually helping free media in Africa?
				
China may provide censorship tools to autocratic regimes in Africa, but western companies still dominate this market, writes Iginio Gagliardone, a post-doctoral fellow at Oxford University.

					Open government in Chongqing?
				
Environmental information is tightly controlled in China despite the existence of access to information regulations, writes Sam Geall.

					Hasan Cemal: Freedom of expression in Turkey
				
From communism to Kurdish separatism, the Turkish state has used a series of pretexts to deny freedom of expression to its citizens, says journalist Hasan Cemal.

					Moez Chakchouk: Can the Tunisian Internet Agency defend net neutrality?
				
Online censorship is futile as it can almost always be circumvented, says Moez Chakchouk, the head of the Tunisian Internet Agency.

					History reclassified as state secret: the case of Xu Zerong
				
In 2002, historian Xu Zerong was sentenced to 13 years in jail for leaking state secrets. The classification of the leaked materials as «top secret» came only after he had been sentenced, writes Timothy Garton Ash.

					Patriot Act and FISA without end?
				
How the Obama administration continues use of Bush-era powers to suppress legitimate debate about the needs of US national security. By Jeff Howard.

					Free speech at the heart of the Arab Spring – part two
				
In the second part of this panel discussion just off Tahrir Square in Cairo, a panel of bloggers, journalists and human rights experts ask what are – and what should be – the limits to freedom of expression in Egypt today.

					Free speech at the heart of the Arab Spring – part one
				
In this panel discussion just off Tahrir Square in Cairo, a panel of bloggers, journalists and human rights experts ask what are – and what should be – the limits to freedom of expression in Egypt today.

					Los daños del discurso del odio
				
Jeremy Waldron, profesor de teoría política y social en la Universidad de Oxford, argumenta a favor de la legislación contra el discurso del odio.

					Rebecca MacKinnon: How do we ensure that the consent of networked citizens?
				
The co-founder of Global Voices discusses the nexus between governments, internet companies and citizens.

					Nokia-Siemens: What can communications companies do to prevent state surveillance?
				
The head of media relations at Nokia Siemens Networks talks to FSD about the misuse of technology by autocratic regimes and its new human rights due diligence process.

					Can Europe and the Middle East agree on the terms of freedom of expression?
				
A lecture by Timothy Garton Ash in Egypt at the AUC New Cairo.

					Death of a journalist in Pakistan
				
Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad was found dead after publishing an article on the links between al-Qaida and Pakistan’s military, writes Ayyaz Mallick.

					Yan Xuetong: When can a value such as free speech be considered universal?
				
For values to be considered universal, at least half the world should accept them, says Professor Yan Xuetong, director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University.

					La colisión de trenes en Wenzhou
				
El 23 de julio de 2011, dos trenes de alta velocidad en la línea férrea de Yongtaiwen se estrellaron cerca de la ciudad oriental costera de Wenzhou matando a 40 personas e hiriendo a 191. Una semana más tarde, todos los rastros del accidente de tren habían desaparecido de los periódicos y programas de televisión, escribe Amy Qin.

					Timothy Garton Ash at the Brandenburg Gate: Should we all become a bit more German, or not, when it comes to privacy?
				
Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate on the 22nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Timothy Garton Ash, director of Free Speech Debate, discusses the new barriers to information and communication. 

					Julian Assange: a journalist?
				
In 2010, Wikileaks released its first tranche of classified US state department cables. If Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website, qualifies as a journalist then he would be protected under the first amendment, writes Katie Engelhart.

					The principles should affirm the public’s right to information held by public bodies
				
Sandra Coliver, senior legal officer at the Open Society Justice Initiative, says the right to information is essential for freedom of expression. 

					Aryeh Neier: Why more speech is the cure to bad speech
				
The president of the Open Society Foundations talks about free speech as a universal aspiration, group libel and the Skokie controversy. 

					Bioterrorismo y la gripa aviar
				
En diciembre del 2011, la Junta Asesora Nacional de la Ciencia para Seguridad Biológica de Estados Unidos solicitó a las revistas académicas Science y Nature que editaran un estudio sobre una forma de fácil transmisión del virus H5N1 por miedo de que bioterroristas le dieran un uso equivocado. Maryam Omidi considera si este requerimiento de censura fue válido.

					La informante israelí
				
La informate israelí, Anat Kamm, filtró 2.000 documentos militares clasificados que obtuvo durante su servicio en la Fuerza de Defensa Israelí. Maryam Omidi se adentra en un debate entre la seguridad nacional y el interés público. 

					El proyecto de ley secreto de Sudáfrica
				
En noviembre de 2011, el Parlamento de Sudáfrica aprobó el proyecto de ley de protección de la información de Estado, una legislación que daría protección general a los secretos de Estado sin que en ella esté incorporada una clausula que recoja la del interés público general. Maryam Omidi explica el porqué de las preocupaciones que este proyecto de ley ha suscitado.

					Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi: Should insults to religious beliefs be criminalised?
				
The Iranian lawyer and Nobel peace prize winner talks to Free Speech Debate about freedom of expression in Iran and whether insults to religious and non-religious beliefs should be criminalised.

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