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Any truly participatory political system cannot exist without it nor any legal system linked to such politics, argues Eric Heinze. The UK can show the way on platform regulation. But not by treating Facebook and Google as publishers Mark Bunting argues that the tech giants should accept ‘procedural accountability’. Attacked, threatened and criminalised: LGBTI freedom of speech in Nigeria Jude Dibia explores the criminalisation and violence faced by the LGBTI community after the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. For all that is changing, free speech is still ‘under siege’ in Nigeria Bill Snaddon discusses political reform in Nigeria and the prosecution of the killers of Nigerian writers and journalists. The Jawaharlal Nehru University affair Udit Bhatia discusses the Indian government’s use of colonial-era laws against sedition and its failure to protect protestors taken into police custody. Citizens United: how the US Supreme Court struck down limits on corporate electioneering on the grounds of free speech Max Harris analyses the case and the applicability of US First Amendment rights to corporations. Rafael Marques and defamation law in Angola Andreia Reis examines the prosecution of Rafael Marques and how free speech has been constrained in Angola. Free speech and the duty of loyalty Sissel Trygstad examines employees’ rights in Norwegian workplaces. Who decides what is ‘extreme pornography’ that could send you to jail? Clarissa Smith examines the flawed narratives underlying pornography laws in the UK. 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. ‘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. 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. Is the Inter-American Court of Human Rights setting regional standards? Laura Bernal-Bermudez examines a judgement that actually led to a change in the Chilean constitution The battle for balance on Ireland’s airwaves Declan Johnston explores whether regulatory requirements for Ireland’s broadcasters worked well in its referendum on same-sex marriage. The cultural harm of rape pornography Erika Rackley and Clare McGlynn consider the evidence for this ‘cultural harm’ and argue that education is the best way to counter it. Has France been hypocritical about free speech? In the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo assassinations, Arthur Asseraf examines the history of French colonial double standards in Algeria. Can a book be too dangerous for the public? Sebastian Huempfer examines the tortured controversy around republication of a copyright-free Mein Kampf in Germany. Law restricting online speech struck down in India Max Harris examines a historic judgment by India’s Supreme Court and its lessons for other countries. Italy and the law on denialism Luigi Cajani explains how Italy’s draft law on the denial of international crimes minimises the impact on intellectual freedom. Should ‘revenge porn’ be illegal? Max Harris explains how Britain legislated against it and compares this with the position in other common law countries 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. What is right speech and why is it important? Leslie Green argues that Buddhist ideas about avoiding divisive, abusive and false speech can help us live together well in free societies Free to fantasise? Pornography and its harms Jo Fidgen asks what the hard evidence is for negative effects of pornography on sexual behaviour. How the British press distorted reporting of… the British press Martin Moore, of the Media Standards Trust, summarises an analysis of British press coverage of proposed new press regulation. Google grapples with the ‘right to be forgotten’ Katie Engelhart attends the public hearing of Google’s Advisory Council, set up in response to a European Court of Justice judgement. Religion: Sample our intellectual buffet. Or make your own meal. Timothy Garton Ash introduces a sample tour of the content on our site. US Supreme Court strikes down law creating ‘buffer zone’ around abortion clinics In the case of McCullen v Coakley, the US Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling about restrictions on speech around abortion clinics. Max Harris explains. Should Europe introduce a right to blasphemy? Alain Bouldoires talks to Timothy Garton Ash about the survival of blasphemy laws in Europe, and calls for a ‘right to blaspheme’. 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. A landmark Canadian hate speech case: Her Majesty the Queen v Keegstra In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a famous ruling in a case involving a high school teacher and alleged anti-Semitism. Max Harris explains. Should ISPs be told to block “adult” content? Internet Service Providers do not merely route data packets from end-to-end, but are heavily involved in monitoring their customers’ online activities. Ian Brown discusses the implications of Britain’s suggested “voluntary” opting out of “adult content”, with little parliamentary and court involvement. EU versus intellectual freedom? In a bid to synchronise hate crimes, the EU is seeking unity amongst members states against the denial of historical injustices. Is this the EU versus member states’ appreciation of intellectual freedom? Luigi Cajani explains. How an attempt at ‘libel tourism’ rebounded on a Tanzanian tycoon A British citizen blogged about a Tanzanian media magnate involved in throwing her and her husband off their Tanzanian farm. He sued for libel in a British court. Dominic Burbidge explains. ایتاک در مقابل بلت: یک گفتار نفرت برانگیز استرالیایی توضیح ماکس هریس در رابطه با روزنامه نگار اندرو بلت و پیدا شدن نقض در قانون تبعیض نژادی استرالیا در مورد مردم بومی. The long struggle to bury speech crimes in the English-speaking world Anthony Lester and Zoe McCallum look at how the ghost of the English Court of the Star Chamber has been used to suppress free speech. Nineteen arguments for hate speech bans – and against them Free speech scholar Eric Heinze identifies the main arguments for laws restricting hate speech and says none are valid for mature Western democracies. Is it a crime to offend bread? For one taxi company in the Russian town of Kostroma, the answer turned out to be yes. Sergey Fadeev explains. 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. Britain’s proposed online porn filters How do we strike the right balance between freedom of expression and child protection? Sarah Glatte explores a proposal by the British government. Internet access in the age of the surveillance state Oxford University’s Ian Brown asks what Europe can do to protect our digital rights and privacy. Is Facebook just the new chamber of commerce and Twitter the new telegraph? Political theorist Rob Reich discusses what adaptations we need as freedom of speech and association move increasingly from the offline to the online world. Can the old principles still apply in new circumstances? 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 ramp up internet surveillance in Nigeria? The Nigerian government is rumoured to have sealed a $40m dollar contract for internet surveillance technology. There is no clear justification for this “secret” deal, and no assurance that the technology would be used fairly, given Nigeria’s lack of established rights for citizen privacy. By Nwachukwu Egbunike and Dominic Burbidge. 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. The UN’s search for international consensus on free speech Josh Black hears the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, discuss the quest for shared laws and standards. 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. A 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. Martha Nussbaum: How can we best approach the challenge of religious difference? Legal philosopher Martha Nussbaum gave the 2013 Dahrendorf Lecture, exploring how to live with religious diversity. When to be silent is to speak Stephen Meili examines the contrasting UK and US treatment of people who refuse to declare a political allegiance. آیا هند به«لوسون» خودش نیاز دارد؟ هند شاهد بحثهای داغی پیرامون نظارت بر رسانههاست. ارقیا سنگوپتا میگوید که چگونه سایه «وضعیت اضطراری» دهه 1970 گریبان گامهای پیشنهادی برای عبور از نظارت درونی شکست خورده به نظارتی آزاد را گرفته است. The bizarre story of how lippy librarians faced down a silly publisher A university librarian faced a lawsuit over a critical blog post about the publishing house Edwin Mellen Press but online solidarity won out. By Dominic Burbidge. Is privacy getting lost in Google’s “cracks and crevices”? A globally-effective privacy regime is a realistic goal, argues Ian Brown. But it needs giants like Google to get behind it. A right to privacy? Not at the expense of free speech! Our user imos.org.uk argues with one of our draft principles challenging the idea that privacy is a condition for free speech. Jesus Christ Superstar? Not in Rostov, Russia The Russian parliament’s vote in support of a declaration against acts offending religious sentiments is symptomatic of worrying trends, write Olga Shvarova and Dominic Burbidge. Free Speech Bites Nigel Warburton spoke with Timothy Garton Ash for Index on Censorship’s Free Speech Bites about the Free Speech Debate Project and global free speech standards. 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. When does hate speech become dangerous speech? Consider Kenya and Rwanda The forthcoming trial of Kenyan broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang poses vital questions about the connections between words and violence, argues Katherine Bruce-Lockhart. Child pornography and freedom of expression Did the European Court of Human Rights wrongly considered the distribution of child pornography to be an exercise of freedom of expression in the case Karttunen v. Finland, asks Rónán Ó Fathaigh. Brigitte Bardot’s repeated convictions for inciting racial hatred Should a world famous actress be allowed to denounce an ‘overpopulation’ by foreigners? By Michèle Finck. The Copyright Alert System: coming to a home near you? The question of how best to respond to the unauthorised dissemination of copyright-protected expression over the internet has long troubled copyright owners. But the proposed solution of a Copyright Alert could potentially erode free speech, writes Graham Reynolds. Freedom for history? The case against memory laws Josie Appleton talks to Pierre Nora and Olivier Salvatori of the Liberté pour l’Histoire initiative in France. Who should guard the Guardian? Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian, argues that Britain needs both a free press and reform of its failed regulatory system. Since this will require both time and openness, a new independent press regulator should therefore be given a year’s trial run. Free speech and the gun in Libya Libyan media are crippled by their Gaddafi legacy. Without new regulations and, above all, bravery to stand up to violent intimidation, freedom of speech remains a distant dream, writes Jerry Timmins. Mustn’t ask, mustn’t tell Data protection laws now touch everyone’s lives and those living within the EU are about to have their regulations updated, writes David Erdos. These proposed laws are overly restrictive: the time has come to take a stand for those working in research. Is Myanmar sliding back into censorship? For all its talk of press freedom, the Burmese government has produced a surprise new bill containing oppressive provisions and undermining the press council it created. Ellen Wiles reports. Has the Strasbourg court allowed too much for local taboos? At the European Court of Human Rights, the case of I.A. against Turkey in 2005 acted as a controversial precedent for limiting Article 10’s definition of freedom of expression in the name of religion, explains Michele Finck. 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. تحکیم سایبری که منجر به خودکشی شد در اکتبر ۲۰۱۲، نوجوان کانادایی آماندا تاد بعد از سالها تحکیم سایبری و آزار و اذیت دست به خودکشی زد. جودیت بردهن این مورد تکان دهنده را توصیف می کند. Open access academic journals: go for gold? The world of academic publishing stands at a crossroads with public institutions demanding open access to publicly funded research. Dominic Burbidge explores the difficulties that stand in the way. Can the treatment of animals be compared to Nazi concentration camps? Not in Germany, said the German courts. And the European Court of Human Rights agreed. حق دروغ گفتن درباره دولت خود ؟ در سال ۱۹۶۴، دادگاه عالی آمریکا تصدیق کرد که انتقاد از مسئولان حکومتی هرگز نباید مجازاتی در پی داشته باشد حتی اگر این انتقادات کذب باشند. جف هاوارد درباره این متمم اول قانون اساسی که نقطه تحولی تاریخیست صحبت میکند. 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. تمرینِ آزادی آنگ سان سو چی، رهبر دموکراسیخواه برمه،معتقد است که مبارزه برای آزادی با آزادی بیان شروع میشود. In the Philippines, be careful of what you retweet A new cybercrime law in the Philippines would give unfettered powers to the state to monitor internet users, take down websites and imprison citizens writes Purple S. Romero The Nira Radia tapes controversy and the right to privacy Should government-initiated phone hacking be made public if the recordings are in the public interest? Shubhangi Bhadada exposes the thin line in India between the right to privacy and freedom of expression. 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”. The future of free speech Human Rights activist Aryeh Neier speaks about the future of free speech. Why Rwanda and Libya need free speech – and media regulation Jerry Timmins describes a new report on media in two post-conflict societies, and argues that countries like Britain should do more to support them. Why did Facebook delete a call for an anti-fascist rally in Hungary? Facebook’s automatic detection of the word ‘Jude’ led to the blocking of A Hungarian anti-fascist group’s post. Tamas Szigeti explores the worrying implications of automatic filtering for freedom of speech. 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. You can’t be serious! The birthplace of western homo-erotica cuts a gay kiss from TV, writes Judith Bruhn. Should Russian speakers be obliged to learn Estonian? FSD’s Olga Shvarova criticises the language-based discrimination ethnic Russians face in Estonia. The Kremlin’s grip tightens on Russia’s answer to Facebook Russian social network VK launched six years ago and has since attracted 122 million users. But as Olga Shvarova explains, political and copyright crackdowns are limiting the free flow of information and ideas its users once enjoyed. 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. 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. آیا روزنامهنگاران نیازی به داشتن مدرک دارند؟ مجلس سنای برزیل قانونی را احیا کرده است که روزنامهنگاران را ملزم به داشتن مدرک روزنامهنگاری میکند. تصویب اصلاحیه پیشنهادی قانون اساسی نیز میتواند منجر به ایجاد محدودیت بیشتر بر این حرفه شود. فیلیپ کورآ مینویسد: چرا اجرای اعتراضی پوسی رایِت در کلیسا صرفاً یک مخالفت سیاسی بود؟ اجرای ضد پوتینی گروه پانک پوسی رایِت در کلیسای مسکو نوعی اغتشاش ضددینی بود و یا شکلی هنری از یک مخالفت سیاسی؟ اولگا شوارووا مینویسد: چرا «مکانیزم یکپارچهسازی» اتحادیه اروپا باید از تاریخ فاصله بگیرد؟ کلاوز لگوی و هورث مایر توضیح میدهند که چرا قوانین حافظه تاریخی، راه درستی برای اروپاییان در بحث و یادآوری گذشتههای تلخ و دشوارشان نیست. Guilt by association: the London 2012 Olympics The drive to control all references to the Olympic Games is part of a global creep of intellectual property law that has led to a “right of association”, writes Teresa Scassa. هلند اولین قانون بیطرفی اینترنت در اروپا را تصویب میکند اصلاحات مصوب مجلس سنای هلند قدرت ارائهکنندگان خدمات اینترنتی در مسدود یا محدود کردن برنامهها و خدمات اینترنتی را محدود میکند، گراهام راینالد مینویسد. 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. قانون «نسلکشی ارامنه» در فرانسه در ژانویه 2012، مجلس سنای فرانسه قانونی را تصویب کرد که بر اساس آن انکار نسلکشیهای شناخته شده توسط حاکمیت، جرم تلقی میشد. کلمنتینه دیمانتجویی مینویسد: How should publishers respond to protests for and against the publication of the same essay? In 2011, three Indian scholars called on OUP India to re-publish an essay which had been denounced by Hindu extremists. Less than two weeks later, the publisher reversed its earlier decision not to re-publish. آیا سخن گفتن در حمایت از تروریسم جرم محسوب می شود ؟ ماساچوست میگوید بله در سال ۲۰۱۲، طارق مهنا به دلیل توطئه چینی در کمک رسانی به تروریستها ، از سوی دادگاهی در آمریکا به هفده سال و نیم زندان محکوم شد. جف هاوارد مینویسد : Judge grills mogul: the uses of transparency The public nature of the Leveson Inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal has been exemplary, writes Timothy Garton Ash. Landmark libel bill falls short of expectations The new defamation bill fails to address some of the most important issues, including restrictions on the ability of corporations to sue for libel, writes Jonathan Heawood, director of English PEN. Richard Sambrook: What does the BBC mean by impartiality? The former director of BBC Global News explains what Britain’s historic public service broadcaster means by ‘impartiality’ – and why it has not always achieved it. مجازات کاربران سایتهای تندرو نیکلا سارکوزی، رئیس جمهور فرانسه، قانونی را پیشنهاد داده است که بر اساس آن کاربران سایتهایی که تروریسم و خشونت را ترویج میکنند مجازات شوند. کلمنتین دو منژوی مینویسد : آموزش خلقت گرایی در مدارس آمریکا قانون جدیدی در تنسی به آموزگاران اجازه می دهد تا در کنار نظریه تکامل، راجع به خلقت گرایی نیز به بحث بپردازند. کیسی سلوین مینویسد : ACTA & the internet: freedom of expression & privacy Join Free Speech Debate and ARTICLE 19 in London on Thursday 3 May for a panel discussion on the impact of ACTA on global free expression Open government in Chongqing? Environmental information is tightly controlled in China despite the existence of access to information regulations, writes Sam Geall. Why hate speech should not be banned Restrictions on hate speech are not a means of tackling bigotry but of rebranding often obnoxious ideas or arguments are immoral, argues writer Kenan Malik. Shami Chakrabarti: Why robust civility works from an ethical but not from a legal perspective The director of civil liberties group Liberty calls for a review of all speech crime legislation in the UK. 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. آیا مسیحیان می توانند در محیط کاری نشان صلیب عیسی مسیح بپوشند ؟ دو زن مسیحی درخواست خود برای پوشیدن صلیب عیسی مسیح در محیط کارشان را تسلیم دادگاه اروپایی حقوق بشر کرده اند. دومینیک بوربریج مینویسد : 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. Hungary’s new media regulation In 2010, the Hungarian prime minister passed a series of laws, giving excessive control over all private media to the government, writes Peter Bajomi-Lazar, a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford. German legislation could hinder free flow of information Germany’s draft ancillary copyright bill would force news aggregators such as Google News to pay German publishing houses when linking to news items produced by their newspapers, writes Maximilian Ruhenstroth-Bauer. Why defamation laws do not protect vulnerable holders of faith Three human rights experts scrutinise the defamation of religion, which they argue misses the point by protecting faith but not vulnerable believes 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. The harms of hate speech legislation Hate speech legislation chills freedom of expression more than it protects vulnerable minorities. Free speech lawyer Ivan Hare takes issue with Jeremy Waldron. The preacher against homosexuality In October 2001, an Evangelical Christian preacher called Harry Hammond held up a placard saying, “Stop Immorality, Stop Homosexuality, Stop Lesbianism.” When Hammond refused to stop, a policeman arrested him. Timothy Garton Ash discusses an instructive case. Ezra Levant: “I don’t believe hate speech is a crime” “If you don’t ever feel hate, you have a broken personality,” says Canadian lawyer and publisher Ezra Levant. The harm of hate speech Jeremy Waldron, professor of social and political theory at Oxford University, argues the case for legislation against hate speech Hunger strike as free expression Last year, Anna Hazare, a 74-year-old Indian anti-graft campaigner, undertook a “fast-unto-death” as a way of pressuring the government to enact anti-corruption legislation. Should a hunger strike be protected as a form of free expression? Manav Bhushan and Katie Engelhart offer contrasting views. اسلام,آزادی بیان و گفتار خشونت آمیز محسن کدیور میگوید مجازات اعدام برای مرتد باید لغو شود اما اهانت به دین باید جرم شناخته شود. 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. The trial of Naguib Sawiris Naguib Sawiris was accused of contempt for tweeting an image of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, respectively sporting a bushy beard and veil, writes Jacob Amis Turkey’s new reform bill The Turkish government has proposed a bill that will suspend all media offences committed before December 2011. But will the draft law actually improve press freedom, asks Funda Ustek. زندگی شخصی یک قهرمان ملی یک مستند درباره بنیانگزار جمهوری ترکیه٬ کمال اتاتورک که در آن وی به عنوان یک عیاش مست نمایش داده میشود که خود یک نوع ترک زدایی به حساب می آید. به گفته ایرم کَک و فوندا اوستک. Tim Wu: Would the right to be forgotten hinder entrepreneurialism? Tim Wu, the author of ‘The Master Switch’, says that while the right to be forgotten is a good idea in theory but wouldn’t work in practice. 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. Tim Wu: Why do information empires fall? Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, tells us why Facebook should not go into China and why Twitter’s new take-down policy may harm the microblog Should Germany have introduced a right to be forgotten? Sebastian Nerz, the chairman of the German Pirate Party talks about ACTA, the right to be forgotten and privacy in Germany. Ezra Levant: Why public powers are the real threat to internet freedom Private powers are not a “large threat” to free speech, the Canadian lawyer and publisher tells Katie Engelhart. Does money have the right to speak? The US supreme court’s decision on Citizens United raises a vital issue: should corporations have the same free speech rights as individuals? Brian Pellot discusses the case. The Stop Online Piracy Act The Stop Online Piracy Act is currently being debated in the US house of representatives. Brian Pellot considers the potential consequences of the bill. Singh v the British Chiropractic Association In 2008, the British Chiropractic Association launched a defamation lawsuit against science writer Simon Singh over an op-ed in which he suggested chiropractors lacked evidence for some of their medical claims. Maryam Omidi examines the case. Geert Wilders on trial In 2011, Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders was cleared of charges of group defamation, incitement to hatred and discrimination against Muslims. Rutger Kaput looks at the case. 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. Article 19: freedom of expression anchored in international law Jeff Howard explains what it means for a state to be a party to the ICCPR and how individuals can issue complaints about violations of free speech to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Criticism of the Thai king US blogger Joe Gordon was sentenced to two and a half years in a Thai prison for publishing links on his blog to an unauthorised biography of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej. A case study by Maryam Omidi. آزادی بیان و حریم شخصی پروفسور اریک بارنت از دانشگاه کالج لندن ارتباط ظریف میان آزادی بیان و حریم شخصی را به بحث می گذارد. India’s cartoon porn star The Indian authorities’ decision to ban Savita Bhabhi, an online comic strip featuring a promiscuous housewife with an insatiable appetite for sex, was met with a criticism from the press. Maryam Omidi weighs up whether it was the right decision. 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.
Law and historical memory: theorising the discipline Free expression should not be considered as ‘just another’ human right. Any truly participatory political system cannot exist without it nor any legal system linked to such politics, argues Eric Heinze.
The UK can show the way on platform regulation. But not by treating Facebook and Google as publishers Mark Bunting argues that the tech giants should accept ‘procedural accountability’.
Attacked, threatened and criminalised: LGBTI freedom of speech in Nigeria Jude Dibia explores the criminalisation and violence faced by the LGBTI community after the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.
For all that is changing, free speech is still ‘under siege’ in Nigeria Bill Snaddon discusses political reform in Nigeria and the prosecution of the killers of Nigerian writers and journalists.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University affair Udit Bhatia discusses the Indian government’s use of colonial-era laws against sedition and its failure to protect protestors taken into police custody.
Citizens United: how the US Supreme Court struck down limits on corporate electioneering on the grounds of free speech Max Harris analyses the case and the applicability of US First Amendment rights to corporations.
Rafael Marques and defamation law in Angola Andreia Reis examines the prosecution of Rafael Marques and how free speech has been constrained in Angola.
Free speech and the duty of loyalty Sissel Trygstad examines employees’ rights in Norwegian workplaces.
Who decides what is ‘extreme pornography’ that could send you to jail? Clarissa Smith examines the flawed narratives underlying pornography laws in the UK.
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.
‘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.
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.
Is the Inter-American Court of Human Rights setting regional standards? Laura Bernal-Bermudez examines a judgement that actually led to a change in the Chilean constitution
The battle for balance on Ireland’s airwaves Declan Johnston explores whether regulatory requirements for Ireland’s broadcasters worked well in its referendum on same-sex marriage.
The cultural harm of rape pornography Erika Rackley and Clare McGlynn consider the evidence for this ‘cultural harm’ and argue that education is the best way to counter it.
Has France been hypocritical about free speech? In the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo assassinations, Arthur Asseraf examines the history of French colonial double standards in Algeria.
Can a book be too dangerous for the public? Sebastian Huempfer examines the tortured controversy around republication of a copyright-free Mein Kampf in Germany.
Law restricting online speech struck down in India Max Harris examines a historic judgment by India’s Supreme Court and its lessons for other countries.
Italy and the law on denialism Luigi Cajani explains how Italy’s draft law on the denial of international crimes minimises the impact on intellectual freedom.
Should ‘revenge porn’ be illegal? Max Harris explains how Britain legislated against it and compares this with the position in other common law countries
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.
What is right speech and why is it important? Leslie Green argues that Buddhist ideas about avoiding divisive, abusive and false speech can help us live together well in free societies
Free to fantasise? Pornography and its harms Jo Fidgen asks what the hard evidence is for negative effects of pornography on sexual behaviour.
How the British press distorted reporting of… the British press Martin Moore, of the Media Standards Trust, summarises an analysis of British press coverage of proposed new press regulation.
Google grapples with the ‘right to be forgotten’ Katie Engelhart attends the public hearing of Google’s Advisory Council, set up in response to a European Court of Justice judgement.
Religion: Sample our intellectual buffet. Or make your own meal. Timothy Garton Ash introduces a sample tour of the content on our site.
US Supreme Court strikes down law creating ‘buffer zone’ around abortion clinics In the case of McCullen v Coakley, the US Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling about restrictions on speech around abortion clinics. Max Harris explains.
Should Europe introduce a right to blasphemy? Alain Bouldoires talks to Timothy Garton Ash about the survival of blasphemy laws in Europe, and calls for a ‘right to blaspheme’.
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.
A landmark Canadian hate speech case: Her Majesty the Queen v Keegstra In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a famous ruling in a case involving a high school teacher and alleged anti-Semitism. Max Harris explains.
Should ISPs be told to block “adult” content? Internet Service Providers do not merely route data packets from end-to-end, but are heavily involved in monitoring their customers’ online activities. Ian Brown discusses the implications of Britain’s suggested “voluntary” opting out of “adult content”, with little parliamentary and court involvement.
EU versus intellectual freedom? In a bid to synchronise hate crimes, the EU is seeking unity amongst members states against the denial of historical injustices. Is this the EU versus member states’ appreciation of intellectual freedom? Luigi Cajani explains.
How an attempt at ‘libel tourism’ rebounded on a Tanzanian tycoon A British citizen blogged about a Tanzanian media magnate involved in throwing her and her husband off their Tanzanian farm. He sued for libel in a British court. Dominic Burbidge explains.
ایتاک در مقابل بلت: یک گفتار نفرت برانگیز استرالیایی توضیح ماکس هریس در رابطه با روزنامه نگار اندرو بلت و پیدا شدن نقض در قانون تبعیض نژادی استرالیا در مورد مردم بومی.
The long struggle to bury speech crimes in the English-speaking world Anthony Lester and Zoe McCallum look at how the ghost of the English Court of the Star Chamber has been used to suppress free speech.
Nineteen arguments for hate speech bans – and against them Free speech scholar Eric Heinze identifies the main arguments for laws restricting hate speech and says none are valid for mature Western democracies.
Is it a crime to offend bread? For one taxi company in the Russian town of Kostroma, the answer turned out to be yes. Sergey Fadeev explains.
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.
Britain’s proposed online porn filters How do we strike the right balance between freedom of expression and child protection? Sarah Glatte explores a proposal by the British government.
Internet access in the age of the surveillance state Oxford University’s Ian Brown asks what Europe can do to protect our digital rights and privacy.
Is Facebook just the new chamber of commerce and Twitter the new telegraph? Political theorist Rob Reich discusses what adaptations we need as freedom of speech and association move increasingly from the offline to the online world. Can the old principles still apply in new circumstances?
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 ramp up internet surveillance in Nigeria? The Nigerian government is rumoured to have sealed a $40m dollar contract for internet surveillance technology. There is no clear justification for this “secret” deal, and no assurance that the technology would be used fairly, given Nigeria’s lack of established rights for citizen privacy. By Nwachukwu Egbunike and Dominic Burbidge.
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.
The UN’s search for international consensus on free speech Josh Black hears the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, discuss the quest for shared laws and standards.
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.
A 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.
Martha Nussbaum: How can we best approach the challenge of religious difference? Legal philosopher Martha Nussbaum gave the 2013 Dahrendorf Lecture, exploring how to live with religious diversity.
When to be silent is to speak Stephen Meili examines the contrasting UK and US treatment of people who refuse to declare a political allegiance.
آیا هند به«لوسون» خودش نیاز دارد؟ هند شاهد بحثهای داغی پیرامون نظارت بر رسانههاست. ارقیا سنگوپتا میگوید که چگونه سایه «وضعیت اضطراری» دهه 1970 گریبان گامهای پیشنهادی برای عبور از نظارت درونی شکست خورده به نظارتی آزاد را گرفته است.
The bizarre story of how lippy librarians faced down a silly publisher A university librarian faced a lawsuit over a critical blog post about the publishing house Edwin Mellen Press but online solidarity won out. By Dominic Burbidge.
Is privacy getting lost in Google’s “cracks and crevices”? A globally-effective privacy regime is a realistic goal, argues Ian Brown. But it needs giants like Google to get behind it.
A right to privacy? Not at the expense of free speech! Our user imos.org.uk argues with one of our draft principles challenging the idea that privacy is a condition for free speech.
Jesus Christ Superstar? Not in Rostov, Russia The Russian parliament’s vote in support of a declaration against acts offending religious sentiments is symptomatic of worrying trends, write Olga Shvarova and Dominic Burbidge.
Free Speech Bites Nigel Warburton spoke with Timothy Garton Ash for Index on Censorship’s Free Speech Bites about the Free Speech Debate Project and global free speech standards.
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.
When does hate speech become dangerous speech? Consider Kenya and Rwanda The forthcoming trial of Kenyan broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang poses vital questions about the connections between words and violence, argues Katherine Bruce-Lockhart.
Child pornography and freedom of expression Did the European Court of Human Rights wrongly considered the distribution of child pornography to be an exercise of freedom of expression in the case Karttunen v. Finland, asks Rónán Ó Fathaigh.
Brigitte Bardot’s repeated convictions for inciting racial hatred Should a world famous actress be allowed to denounce an ‘overpopulation’ by foreigners? By Michèle Finck.
The Copyright Alert System: coming to a home near you? The question of how best to respond to the unauthorised dissemination of copyright-protected expression over the internet has long troubled copyright owners. But the proposed solution of a Copyright Alert could potentially erode free speech, writes Graham Reynolds.
Freedom for history? The case against memory laws Josie Appleton talks to Pierre Nora and Olivier Salvatori of the Liberté pour l’Histoire initiative in France.
Who should guard the Guardian? Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian, argues that Britain needs both a free press and reform of its failed regulatory system. Since this will require both time and openness, a new independent press regulator should therefore be given a year’s trial run.
Free speech and the gun in Libya Libyan media are crippled by their Gaddafi legacy. Without new regulations and, above all, bravery to stand up to violent intimidation, freedom of speech remains a distant dream, writes Jerry Timmins.
Mustn’t ask, mustn’t tell Data protection laws now touch everyone’s lives and those living within the EU are about to have their regulations updated, writes David Erdos. These proposed laws are overly restrictive: the time has come to take a stand for those working in research.
Is Myanmar sliding back into censorship? For all its talk of press freedom, the Burmese government has produced a surprise new bill containing oppressive provisions and undermining the press council it created. Ellen Wiles reports.
Has the Strasbourg court allowed too much for local taboos? At the European Court of Human Rights, the case of I.A. against Turkey in 2005 acted as a controversial precedent for limiting Article 10’s definition of freedom of expression in the name of religion, explains Michele Finck.
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.
تحکیم سایبری که منجر به خودکشی شد در اکتبر ۲۰۱۲، نوجوان کانادایی آماندا تاد بعد از سالها تحکیم سایبری و آزار و اذیت دست به خودکشی زد. جودیت بردهن این مورد تکان دهنده را توصیف می کند.
Open access academic journals: go for gold? The world of academic publishing stands at a crossroads with public institutions demanding open access to publicly funded research. Dominic Burbidge explores the difficulties that stand in the way.
Can the treatment of animals be compared to Nazi concentration camps? Not in Germany, said the German courts. And the European Court of Human Rights agreed.
حق دروغ گفتن درباره دولت خود ؟ در سال ۱۹۶۴، دادگاه عالی آمریکا تصدیق کرد که انتقاد از مسئولان حکومتی هرگز نباید مجازاتی در پی داشته باشد حتی اگر این انتقادات کذب باشند. جف هاوارد درباره این متمم اول قانون اساسی که نقطه تحولی تاریخیست صحبت میکند.
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.
تمرینِ آزادی آنگ سان سو چی، رهبر دموکراسیخواه برمه،معتقد است که مبارزه برای آزادی با آزادی بیان شروع میشود.
In the Philippines, be careful of what you retweet A new cybercrime law in the Philippines would give unfettered powers to the state to monitor internet users, take down websites and imprison citizens writes Purple S. Romero
The Nira Radia tapes controversy and the right to privacy Should government-initiated phone hacking be made public if the recordings are in the public interest? Shubhangi Bhadada exposes the thin line in India between the right to privacy and freedom of expression.
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”.
Why Rwanda and Libya need free speech – and media regulation Jerry Timmins describes a new report on media in two post-conflict societies, and argues that countries like Britain should do more to support them.
Why did Facebook delete a call for an anti-fascist rally in Hungary? Facebook’s automatic detection of the word ‘Jude’ led to the blocking of A Hungarian anti-fascist group’s post. Tamas Szigeti explores the worrying implications of automatic filtering for freedom of speech.
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.
You can’t be serious! The birthplace of western homo-erotica cuts a gay kiss from TV, writes Judith Bruhn.
Should Russian speakers be obliged to learn Estonian? FSD’s Olga Shvarova criticises the language-based discrimination ethnic Russians face in Estonia.
The Kremlin’s grip tightens on Russia’s answer to Facebook Russian social network VK launched six years ago and has since attracted 122 million users. But as Olga Shvarova explains, political and copyright crackdowns are limiting the free flow of information and ideas its users once enjoyed.
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.
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.
آیا روزنامهنگاران نیازی به داشتن مدرک دارند؟ مجلس سنای برزیل قانونی را احیا کرده است که روزنامهنگاران را ملزم به داشتن مدرک روزنامهنگاری میکند. تصویب اصلاحیه پیشنهادی قانون اساسی نیز میتواند منجر به ایجاد محدودیت بیشتر بر این حرفه شود. فیلیپ کورآ مینویسد:
چرا اجرای اعتراضی پوسی رایِت در کلیسا صرفاً یک مخالفت سیاسی بود؟ اجرای ضد پوتینی گروه پانک پوسی رایِت در کلیسای مسکو نوعی اغتشاش ضددینی بود و یا شکلی هنری از یک مخالفت سیاسی؟ اولگا شوارووا مینویسد:
چرا «مکانیزم یکپارچهسازی» اتحادیه اروپا باید از تاریخ فاصله بگیرد؟ کلاوز لگوی و هورث مایر توضیح میدهند که چرا قوانین حافظه تاریخی، راه درستی برای اروپاییان در بحث و یادآوری گذشتههای تلخ و دشوارشان نیست.
Guilt by association: the London 2012 Olympics The drive to control all references to the Olympic Games is part of a global creep of intellectual property law that has led to a “right of association”, writes Teresa Scassa.
هلند اولین قانون بیطرفی اینترنت در اروپا را تصویب میکند اصلاحات مصوب مجلس سنای هلند قدرت ارائهکنندگان خدمات اینترنتی در مسدود یا محدود کردن برنامهها و خدمات اینترنتی را محدود میکند، گراهام راینالد مینویسد.
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.
قانون «نسلکشی ارامنه» در فرانسه در ژانویه 2012، مجلس سنای فرانسه قانونی را تصویب کرد که بر اساس آن انکار نسلکشیهای شناخته شده توسط حاکمیت، جرم تلقی میشد. کلمنتینه دیمانتجویی مینویسد:
How should publishers respond to protests for and against the publication of the same essay? In 2011, three Indian scholars called on OUP India to re-publish an essay which had been denounced by Hindu extremists. Less than two weeks later, the publisher reversed its earlier decision not to re-publish.
آیا سخن گفتن در حمایت از تروریسم جرم محسوب می شود ؟ ماساچوست میگوید بله در سال ۲۰۱۲، طارق مهنا به دلیل توطئه چینی در کمک رسانی به تروریستها ، از سوی دادگاهی در آمریکا به هفده سال و نیم زندان محکوم شد. جف هاوارد مینویسد :
Judge grills mogul: the uses of transparency The public nature of the Leveson Inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal has been exemplary, writes Timothy Garton Ash.
Landmark libel bill falls short of expectations The new defamation bill fails to address some of the most important issues, including restrictions on the ability of corporations to sue for libel, writes Jonathan Heawood, director of English PEN.
Richard Sambrook: What does the BBC mean by impartiality? The former director of BBC Global News explains what Britain’s historic public service broadcaster means by ‘impartiality’ – and why it has not always achieved it.
مجازات کاربران سایتهای تندرو نیکلا سارکوزی، رئیس جمهور فرانسه، قانونی را پیشنهاد داده است که بر اساس آن کاربران سایتهایی که تروریسم و خشونت را ترویج میکنند مجازات شوند. کلمنتین دو منژوی مینویسد :
آموزش خلقت گرایی در مدارس آمریکا قانون جدیدی در تنسی به آموزگاران اجازه می دهد تا در کنار نظریه تکامل، راجع به خلقت گرایی نیز به بحث بپردازند. کیسی سلوین مینویسد :
ACTA & the internet: freedom of expression & privacy Join Free Speech Debate and ARTICLE 19 in London on Thursday 3 May for a panel discussion on the impact of ACTA on global free expression
Open government in Chongqing? Environmental information is tightly controlled in China despite the existence of access to information regulations, writes Sam Geall.
Why hate speech should not be banned Restrictions on hate speech are not a means of tackling bigotry but of rebranding often obnoxious ideas or arguments are immoral, argues writer Kenan Malik.
Shami Chakrabarti: Why robust civility works from an ethical but not from a legal perspective The director of civil liberties group Liberty calls for a review of all speech crime legislation in the UK.
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.
آیا مسیحیان می توانند در محیط کاری نشان صلیب عیسی مسیح بپوشند ؟ دو زن مسیحی درخواست خود برای پوشیدن صلیب عیسی مسیح در محیط کارشان را تسلیم دادگاه اروپایی حقوق بشر کرده اند. دومینیک بوربریج مینویسد :
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.
Hungary’s new media regulation In 2010, the Hungarian prime minister passed a series of laws, giving excessive control over all private media to the government, writes Peter Bajomi-Lazar, a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford.
German legislation could hinder free flow of information Germany’s draft ancillary copyright bill would force news aggregators such as Google News to pay German publishing houses when linking to news items produced by their newspapers, writes Maximilian Ruhenstroth-Bauer.
Why defamation laws do not protect vulnerable holders of faith Three human rights experts scrutinise the defamation of religion, which they argue misses the point by protecting faith but not vulnerable believes
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.
The harms of hate speech legislation Hate speech legislation chills freedom of expression more than it protects vulnerable minorities. Free speech lawyer Ivan Hare takes issue with Jeremy Waldron.
The preacher against homosexuality In October 2001, an Evangelical Christian preacher called Harry Hammond held up a placard saying, “Stop Immorality, Stop Homosexuality, Stop Lesbianism.” When Hammond refused to stop, a policeman arrested him. Timothy Garton Ash discusses an instructive case.
Ezra Levant: “I don’t believe hate speech is a crime” “If you don’t ever feel hate, you have a broken personality,” says Canadian lawyer and publisher Ezra Levant.
The harm of hate speech Jeremy Waldron, professor of social and political theory at Oxford University, argues the case for legislation against hate speech
Hunger strike as free expression Last year, Anna Hazare, a 74-year-old Indian anti-graft campaigner, undertook a “fast-unto-death” as a way of pressuring the government to enact anti-corruption legislation. Should a hunger strike be protected as a form of free expression? Manav Bhushan and Katie Engelhart offer contrasting views.
اسلام,آزادی بیان و گفتار خشونت آمیز محسن کدیور میگوید مجازات اعدام برای مرتد باید لغو شود اما اهانت به دین باید جرم شناخته شود.
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.
The trial of Naguib Sawiris Naguib Sawiris was accused of contempt for tweeting an image of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, respectively sporting a bushy beard and veil, writes Jacob Amis
Turkey’s new reform bill The Turkish government has proposed a bill that will suspend all media offences committed before December 2011. But will the draft law actually improve press freedom, asks Funda Ustek.
زندگی شخصی یک قهرمان ملی یک مستند درباره بنیانگزار جمهوری ترکیه٬ کمال اتاتورک که در آن وی به عنوان یک عیاش مست نمایش داده میشود که خود یک نوع ترک زدایی به حساب می آید. به گفته ایرم کَک و فوندا اوستک.
Tim Wu: Would the right to be forgotten hinder entrepreneurialism? Tim Wu, the author of ‘The Master Switch’, says that while the right to be forgotten is a good idea in theory but wouldn’t work in practice.
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.
Tim Wu: Why do information empires fall? Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, tells us why Facebook should not go into China and why Twitter’s new take-down policy may harm the microblog
Should Germany have introduced a right to be forgotten? Sebastian Nerz, the chairman of the German Pirate Party talks about ACTA, the right to be forgotten and privacy in Germany.
Ezra Levant: Why public powers are the real threat to internet freedom Private powers are not a “large threat” to free speech, the Canadian lawyer and publisher tells Katie Engelhart.
Does money have the right to speak? The US supreme court’s decision on Citizens United raises a vital issue: should corporations have the same free speech rights as individuals? Brian Pellot discusses the case.
The Stop Online Piracy Act The Stop Online Piracy Act is currently being debated in the US house of representatives. Brian Pellot considers the potential consequences of the bill.
Singh v the British Chiropractic Association In 2008, the British Chiropractic Association launched a defamation lawsuit against science writer Simon Singh over an op-ed in which he suggested chiropractors lacked evidence for some of their medical claims. Maryam Omidi examines the case.
Geert Wilders on trial In 2011, Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders was cleared of charges of group defamation, incitement to hatred and discrimination against Muslims. Rutger Kaput looks at the case.
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.
Article 19: freedom of expression anchored in international law Jeff Howard explains what it means for a state to be a party to the ICCPR and how individuals can issue complaints about violations of free speech to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Criticism of the Thai king US blogger Joe Gordon was sentenced to two and a half years in a Thai prison for publishing links on his blog to an unauthorised biography of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej. A case study by Maryam Omidi.
آزادی بیان و حریم شخصی پروفسور اریک بارنت از دانشگاه کالج لندن ارتباط ظریف میان آزادی بیان و حریم شخصی را به بحث می گذارد.
India’s cartoon porn star The Indian authorities’ decision to ban Savita Bhabhi, an online comic strip featuring a promiscuous housewife with an insatiable appetite for sex, was met with a criticism from the press. Maryam Omidi weighs up whether it was the right decision.
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.
