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 Should governments butt out of history?
Eric Heinze examines how states limit speech in order to control public awareness about the past.
 The internet alone will not set Africa free
Iginio Gagliardone explores the surprising technopolitics of two competing visions of the internet, US and Chinese, in Ethiopia.
 Is there a universal right to free speech and what are its limits?
Timothy Garton Ash in conversation with Nigel Warburton, as part of the Philosophy in the Bookshop series at Blackwell’s, Oxford.
 Hong Kong vs Goliath: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and the old tactic of boycotts
With Canto-pop star Denise Ho and bookseller-turned-whistleblower Lam Wing-Kee, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement put the old tactic of boycotts to new use.
 Chinese journalists test free speech limits
Former investigative journalist Haiyan Wang describes the ways in which Chinese reporters push the boundaries of press freedom.
 Fortress besieged: Russia’s nationalisation of the internet
Maksim Orlov analyses the Russian government’s attempts to substitute Russian for western internet services.
 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.
 John Naughton: Are private superpowers a threat to free speech?
John Naughton discusses the state of the internet, net neutrality and private companies.
 How and why Hong Kong’s press downplayed the ‘umbrella movement’ of 2014
Rebecca Wong describes the combined pressures of Chinese political power and the interests of media proprietors.
 How a Weibo post gets censored
Jason Q Ng traces the path of a censored Weibo post and tracks keywords that trigger automatic review.
 How can you tell what’s banned on the internet?
Joss Wright describes the technical and ethical challenges in investigating online censorship.
 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.
 Hong Kong: two systems, one country?
Samson Yuen and Kitty Ho argue that the stabbing of a former Hong Kong news editor is a symptom of a broader squeeze on the city’s freedoms.
 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.
 China’s public expression philosophy: a case of too little theory?
The Chinese government’s stance towards the question of free speech is guided by a philosophy that is complex but intelligent. Rogier Creemers diagnoses the underlying causes.
 The Southern Weekly affair: No closer to the Chinese dream?
2013 began dramatically in China with a standoff between journalists and state propaganda authorities over a drastically rewritten New Year editorial.  Timothy Garton Ash introduces English translations of the original and finally published versions.
 Pressing for freedom: the protest over China’s “Southern Weekly”
The Chinese Communist Party aims to control privately owned media without appearing to do so. A strike at a local newspaper imperils that balance, writes Liu Jin.
 The future of free speech
Human Rights activist Aryeh Neier speaks about the future of free speech.
 یاهو، آزادی بیان و اسامی مستعار در چین
در سال‌ ۲۰۰۲ وانگ سیاونینگ به ده سال زندان محکوم شد چرا که یاهو اطلاعات شخصی‌ او را در اختیار حکومت چین قرار داد و بدین سان هویت او آشکار شد. جودیث براون این ماجرا را از منظر تضاد‌های قانونی‌ و جوانب اخلاقی‌ برسی‌ می‌کند.
 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.
 آیا حباب‌های زبان آنلاین، شکل دیگر مرزها در اینترنت هستند؟
اسکات هال به تأثیر زبان در جست‌وجو و به اشتراک گذاری اطلاعات در فضای گسترده‌ اینترنت می‌پردازد.
 China’s human flesh search engines
While China’s human flesh search engines can help reveal government corruption they can also be used to humiliate ordinary citizens, writes Judith Bruhn.
 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.
 The vital presence of the past
History is a sensitive issue in China with some of it desperately remembered and some, deliberately forgotten, writes Judith Bruhn.
 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.
 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.
 On Free Speech: China, India and the art of ‘Zuckering’
The second episode of FSD’s monthly podcast looks at free speech in India, internet censorship in China and Facebook’s attitude towards privacy.
 Orville Schell: What controls are beneficial to a free society?
China’s attempt to both capitalise on and control the internet is “one of the greatest experiments” in the country’s history, says Orville Schell of the Asia Society.
 Orville Schell: An upside to state-controlled television?
State control of media in China has certain benefits, including high quality television programmes, says Orville Schell of the Asia Society.
 دیوار توییتری برلین و دیوار امنیتی-سایبری چین
در سال 2009، مقامات چینی دسترسی به سایت توییتر را مسدود کردند. دلیل این امر، انبوه توتیت‌هایی بود که خواستار پایان سانسور اینترنت در چین بودند.
 Daniel Bell: What would Confucius make of free speech in the internet age?
Confucianism’s defence of political speech does not necessarily apply to other forms of expression, says Bell.
 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.
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