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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. National Security: Sample our intellectual buffet. Or make your own meal. Timothy Garton Ash introduces a sample tour of the content on our site. 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’. 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. Twitter, free speech, and sexism – an #outcry from Germany Sarah Glatte explores the potential and pitfalls of social media in combating sexism. 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. The future of free speech Human Rights activist Aryeh Neier speaks about the future of free speech. Does a murderer have the right to be forgotten? In 2008 two convicted murderers asked for their names to be removed from Wikipedia and other online media outlets, in accordance with German law. Does the individual’s right to be forgotten take priority over the public’s right to know? Can Google’s algorithm slander a politician’s wife? Type ‘Bettina Wulff’, the name of a former German president’s wife, into Google and the autocomplete function will add ‘escort’. Is this algorithmic addition a form of defamation? Sebastian Huempfer explores the case. How ‘brown envelope journalism’ holds back sub-Saharan Africa Dominic Burbidge explores the corrupt links between political elites and mainstream media that suffocate genuine democratic debate in Africa. Why the EU’s “harmonisation machine” should stay away from history Claus Leggewie and Horst Meier explain why memory laws are the wrong way for Europeans to remember and debate their difficult pasts. 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. The Berlin Twitter Wall v the Great Firewall of China In 2009, the Chinese authorities blocked access to the Berlin Twitter Wall from within China following a flood of tweets calling for an end to internet censorship, writes Judith Bruhn. 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. 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. 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. The right of reply in Germany Germany has a statutory right of reply in the media. Maximilian Ruhenstroth-Bauer explains a path to defending your reputation without going to court.
The left’s version of hate speech: guilt by association Leftists who argue for hate speech bans ignore the far left’s own version, argues Eric Heinze.
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.
National Security: Sample our intellectual buffet. Or make your own meal. Timothy Garton Ash introduces a sample tour of the content on our site.
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’.
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.
Twitter, free speech, and sexism – an #outcry from Germany Sarah Glatte explores the potential and pitfalls of social media in combating sexism.
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.
Does a murderer have the right to be forgotten? In 2008 two convicted murderers asked for their names to be removed from Wikipedia and other online media outlets, in accordance with German law. Does the individual’s right to be forgotten take priority over the public’s right to know?
Can Google’s algorithm slander a politician’s wife? Type ‘Bettina Wulff’, the name of a former German president’s wife, into Google and the autocomplete function will add ‘escort’. Is this algorithmic addition a form of defamation? Sebastian Huempfer explores the case.
How ‘brown envelope journalism’ holds back sub-Saharan Africa Dominic Burbidge explores the corrupt links between political elites and mainstream media that suffocate genuine democratic debate in Africa.
Why the EU’s “harmonisation machine” should stay away from history Claus Leggewie and Horst Meier explain why memory laws are the wrong way for Europeans to remember and debate their difficult pasts.
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.
The Berlin Twitter Wall v the Great Firewall of China In 2009, the Chinese authorities blocked access to the Berlin Twitter Wall from within China following a flood of tweets calling for an end to internet censorship, writes Judith Bruhn.
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.
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.
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.
The right of reply in Germany Germany has a statutory right of reply in the media. Maximilian Ruhenstroth-Bauer explains a path to defending your reputation without going to court.