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					  How should the law define dangerous speech?
					
A trio of human rights experts elaborate on the definition of dangerous speech and consider how hate speech is protected both in Europe and under the first amendment in the US. 

					  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.

					  Irshad Manji on Allah, Liberty and Love: Why offence is a sign of truly free speech
					
The director of the Moral Courage Project says so-called ‘respect’ for Muslims is often lined with fear and “low expectations” of those practising the faith.

					  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. 

					  Mark Thompson: How does the BBC approach religious programming?
					
The director general of the BBC explains why it aired Jerry Springer: The Opera, and talks about different responses to Christianity and Islam.

					  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.

					  Paolo Mancini: Will the internet transform Italian politics?
					
Professor Paolo Mancini argues that while new technologies offer opportunities, they also lead to political and social polarisation.

					  Khaled Fahmy: How the right to information can transform Egyptian politics (Arabic)
					
Khaled Fahmy, Professor and Chair of the History Department at the American University in Cairo, discusses robust civility and the role of the army for free speech in Egypt. To watch an interview with Fahmy in English, click here.

					  Khaled Fahmy: How the right to information can transform Egyptian politics
					
Khaled Fahmy, Professor and Chair of the History Department at the American University in Cairo, discusses robust civility and the role of the army for free speech in Egypt.

					  Is criminalisation an effective way of eradicating fascism?
					
The co-chair of the German Green Party tells Free Speech Debate that fascist ideologies cannot be banned and must be confronted in a democratic way.

					  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.

					  Is online deletion a virtue or a form of denialism?
					
The first of Free Speech Debate’s monthly podcasts, featuring selected highlights from the site.

					  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.

					  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

					  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. 

					  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.

					  Ying Chan: Free speech can help transcend east and west
					
The east should not simply follow the west, but jointly search for universal values, says Ying Chan, director of the journalism and media centre at Hong Kong University.

					  Max Mosley: What is the difference between privacy and reputation?
					
The former head of Formula One racing’s governing body talks about the difficulty of countering sensational claims made in a globally reported tabloid story.

					  Ian Brown: How should cyberspace be regulated?
					
In part one of this interview with Timothy Garton Ash, Ian Brown of the Oxford Internet Institute talks about the internet and freedom of expression, net neutrality, internet service providers and censorship by both democratic and autocratic governments. 

					  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.

					  Richard Stallman: What is freedom-respecting software?
					
The founder of the free software movement talks about internet giants Google and Facebook, Creative Commons and internet freedom.

					  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. 

					  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. 

					  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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