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					Data visualisations: why facts don’t speak for themselves
				
William Allen calls for a robust debate of how data are presented.

					Wikipedia at 15: The sum of human knowledge?
				
Martin Poulter, Wikimedian in residence at Oxford University, considers the active encyclopedia’s first 15 years.

					Chicago university’s free speech policy
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces the report of a committee on freedom of expression at the University of Chicago

					ट्रिगर पे किसकी उंगली होनी चाहिए?
				
साराह गलैट trigger warnings पर बड़ते विवाद का अध्ययन करती हैं और सवाल उठाति हैं कि क्या यह वाक्-स्वतंत्रता को रोकता है या मदद् करता है।

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

					Has Demotix democratised journalism?
				
Demotix founder Turi Munthe discusses the role of citizen journalism and Demotix in today’s media environment.

					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

					Privacy: 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.

					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.

					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.

					Homage to Catalan
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces a translation of our ten principles into Catalan and a reflection on having Catalan as your native language. 

					Our draft principles and introduction in Catalan
				
Our draft principles, and Timothy Garton Ash’s personal introduction, have been translated into Catalan.

					What really threatens free expression in India
				
Faisal Devji explores the deeper lessons from the forced withdrawal of an ‘alternative history’ of the Hindus. 

					Using the rhetoric of press freedom to thwart free speech
				
Martin Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust, argues that the British press has denied the British public a proper debate on press regulation. 

					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.

					Does India need its Leveson?
				
India has its own fierce debate about media regulation. Arghya Sengupta discusses how the shadow of the 1970s “Emergency” hangs over proposed steps from failed self-regulation to statutory regulation.

					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.

					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.

					Scholarly publication in (slow) transition to open access
				
Academic ‘open access’ journals make articles freely available and the dissemination of knowledge and citation easier. However, the pace of change is slow, writes Cristobal Cobo.

					“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.

					Free speech as seen by a believer in an Abrahamic religion
				
Islam, Christianity and Judaism are often accused of wanting to restrict free speech. Dominic Burbidge suggests a radically different perspective, from inside the thought-system of the Abrahamic faiths.

					The late Ronald Dworkin on ‘How universal is liberalism?’
				
To honour the memory of Ronald Dworkin, a brilliant philosopher and advocate of free speech, we post his remarkable 2012 Dahrendorf Lecture.

					The future of free speech
				
Human Rights activist Aryeh Neier speaks about the future of free speech.

					Prevent harm, allow offence?
				
Robert Simpson suggests a way to distinguish between harm and offence.

					The 10 draft principles in Hungarian
				
Read our 10 draft principles translated into Hungarian.

					Free but not able?
				
Literacy is the fundamental building block for any society of free speech, evidenced not just in grand statistics but in the lives of those most in need. Dominic Burbidge reports.

					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.

					“You are the problem, not the solution”
				
We regularly highlight comments that have made an impression on us. Today’s comment comes from our user Howard Hill who is challenging the validity of the idea of the project. 

					A university of less-than-liberal arts?
				
Should Yale University refuse to operate in Singapore where human rights and free expression face significant restrictions? Katie Engelhart weighs the arguments for and against.

					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. 

					Egypt’s one-way traffic in books
				
Historian Khaled Fahmy describes how historic Egyptian books are more easily found in Western than in Egyptian libraries – and how a scholarly history of the Middle East was recently banned from entering Egypt.

					India’s textbook cartoon affair
				
In May 2012, India’s parliament withdrew a series of school textbooks that contained a political cartoon some MPs considered denigrating. Antoon De Baets discusses whether reputation, rights and public morals should ever trump educational free speech.

					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.

					Online language bubbles: the last frontier?
				
Scott A Hale explores the effect of language in seeking and imparting information on the broader web.

					व्यंग्य के रूप में हिटलर का ‘Mein Kampf’
				
जर्मन हास्य अभिनेता Serdar Somuncu हिटलर के प्रचार की मूर्खता को उजागर करने के लिए, ‘Mein Kampf’ अर्क का पाठ करते है;  Sebastian Huempfer लिखते है।

					जापान की नई इतिहास पाठ्यपुस्तक का विवाद
				
आयको कोमीन और नाओको होसोकावा लिखते है कि इतिहास की एक पाठ्यपुस्तक जो कि जापानी साम्राज्यवाद को संयत अभिनय करती है घरेलू और अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर में विवाद का कारण हुई।

					The importance of Braille literacy
				
In 2010, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind almost closed its library because of funding issues. Yet some argue that those who can’t read Braille are akin to illiterates, writes Katie Engelhart.

					How open access to scientific journals can help the developing world
				
Open access publishing models are having a significant impact on the dissemination on scientific information but their impact on the developing world is uncertain, writes Jorge L Contreras.

					फ्रांस का अर्मेनियाई नरसंहार का कानून
				
क्लेमेंटाइन डे मोंत्जोये लिखती है कि जनवरी 2012 में फ्रेंच सीनेट ने के एक कानून को मंजूरी दे दी जो किसी भी राज्य द्वारा मान्यता प्राप्त नरसंहार के इनकार को गैर-कानूनी घोषित करता है।

					Tim Berners-Lee: Are stretch-friends the future of the internet?
				
Tim Berners-Lee argues that stretch friends, individuals who are outside of your social circle online, will help break down cultural barriers 

					Storyful: verifying citizen journalism
				
Malachy Browne, news editor at Storyful, explains how the social media news agency validates news content sourced from the real-time web. 

					The knowledge commons: research and innovation in an unequal world
				
To mark the launch of the St Antony’s International Review, a panel of experts discuss Ushahidi technology, academic journals in Latin America and the geographies of the world’s knowledge. 

					Moving towards the zettabyte era
				
According to a new report, annual global internet traffic will increase nearly fourfold between 2011 and 2016, moving us into the zettabyte era, writes Maryam Omidi.

					A day in the life of a climate scientist
				
A senior advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it is only a matter of time before a climate scientist is killed, writes Maryam Omidi.

					Did Tamiflu work? How can we know if we can’t find out?
				
Medical science frequently favours commercial interests over free speech, writes Deborah Cohen of the BMJ.

					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.

					Teaching creationism in US schools
				
A new Tennessee law will permit teachers to discuss creationism alongside theories of evolution, writes Casey Selwyn.

					ACTA: Open agreement secretly arrived at?
				
The secretive approach adopted by parties in negotiating the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement constrained the ability of the public to challenge limits on free expression, writes Graham Reynolds.

					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.

					(Not) reporting homosexuality in the Middle East
				
Media in the Middle East do not report gay issues in the same way as they would other news. By Brian Pellot.

					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.

					The private life of a national hero
				
A documentary depicting the Turkish Republic’s founder, Kemal Atatürk, as a “drunken debaucher” was seen as an attack on “Turkishness”, write Irem Kok and Funda Ustek.

					Google Street View in Germany
				
In March 2011, a Berlin court ruled that Google Street View was not illegal after a private citizen filed a lawsuit, claiming the technology was an infringement of her property and privacy rights. Sebastian Huempfer looks at the case. 

					How Turkish taboos perpetuate immaturity
				
Professor Ayşe Kadıoğlu of Sabancı University speaks of her experience growing up in Turkey where taboos, many imposed by law, have trapped citizens “in a state of immaturity”.

					Free Speech Debate launch with Jimmy Wales
				
For those of you who missed it first time round, here’s Timothy Garton Ash, director of Free Speech Debate, speaking to the Wikipedia co-founder, a day after the encyclopedia’s English pages were blacked out in protest against two anti-piracy bills in the US. They talk about SOPA and PIPA, the controversial Muhammad cartoons and Wikipedia’s decision to go dark.

					Aids denialism in South Africa
				
South African President Thabo Mbeki appealed to principles of free speech in his defence of Aids denialism. A case study by Casey Selwyn.

					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. 

					Bioterrorism and bird flu
				
In December 2011, the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked the journals Science and Nature to redact details of a study about an easily transmitted form of the H5N1 virus for fear it could be misused by bioterrorists. Maryam Omidi considers whether the censorship request was valid.

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