Happy to share my new piece on #hatespeech #freespeech and Article 17 of the
#EuropeanConventiononHumanRights in Human Rights Here

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Natalie Alkiviadou warns that, as is always the case, attempts to use the European Convention on Human Rights to shut down “hateful” speech will have far-reaching unintended consequences. humanrightshere.com/post/article-1…

⚖️How should Article 17 of the ECHR be applied to balance protecting democratic values and freedom of expression in hate speech cases?

Natalie Alkiviadou explores at Human Rights Here

#HumanRights #FreeSpeech #ECHR

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3/ International human rights law sets a high threshold for prohibiting 'disinformation'. As my colleagues Jordi Calvet and Joan Barata have shown there are good reasons to think that the European Commission's definition is very broad indeed. techpolicy.press/the-european-c…

2/ Just as (some) platforms (sometimes) fight or refuse takedown requests from governments in India and Turkey, platforms should fight and refuse overly broad take down requests from the EU that violate international human rights norms.

1/ It says a lot about the state of free speech in Europe that Ursula von der Leyen uses a Democracy Summit to propose an EU policy of online censorship at scale. The future of free speech will rely on decentralization and maybe even online civil disobedience. youtube.com/live/nd8TqAur-…

Important Channel 4 News piece on how racial hate speech laws are being politicized in the UK. In many cases members of minority groups end up being the targets rather than the beneficiaries of these laws. channel4.com/news/racial-ha…

OPINION: 'If PEN America bends to pressure to take explicit positions on progressive or social justice causes, it will only become more vulnerable to criticism,' writes Jacob Mchangama
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Tomorrow. at an online seminar hosted by Academy of European Law, Natalie Alkiviadou will discuss recent European Court of Human Rights judgments about content moderation during elections.

Register here: era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_S…

#FreeExpression #ECtHR #FreeSpeech

Abandoning free speech principles to take a stance on sharply contested matters of geopolitics would undermine PEN America's mission and efforts to protect free expression elsewhere, writes Jacob Mchangama at The Daily Beast thedailybeast.com/pen-america-is…

Will discuss, amongst other, the recent cases of Sanchez and Lenis and some quantitative work conducted in the framework of The Future of Free Speech's
database on ECtHR case law.

Very much looking forward to June where I will be presenting work on #hatespeech , #FreeSpeech and the #EuropeanCourtofhumanrights at this year's annual seminar of the The SLS hosted by Ian Turner at The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan

📺 WATCH: Jacob Mchangama recently discussed 'Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media' at Stanford Law School's Publius Symposium. With comments from [email protected], Robert C. Post, and Eugene Volokh youtube.com/watch?v=NdfGTx…

🤖 How does our AI era impact The First Amendment and free speech?

📅 Join us for a provocative discussion in D.C. on Monday, June 24 (co-hosted with Center for Democracy & Technology)!

🗣️ Dive into the future of free speech and generative AI.

Learn more and RSVP here: futurefreespeech.org/symposium-arti…

In September 1939 Poland was invaded by Hitler's Nazi Germany, followed by Stalin's USSR. Totalitarian regimes had plunged Europe into war. Amidst this existential crisis of democracy, Americans reaffirmed their commitment to free speech as a central pillar of open societies.

A concentrated and homogenous generative AI industry could be pernicious for freedom of expression and access to information, writes @JordiCalBad at @TechPolicyPress. techpolicy.press/generative-ai-… #AI #TechPolicy

‼️ The Future of Free Speech is seeking current students or recent grads who are passionate about free speech for a 💵 paid 💵 communications internship. ‼️

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“Ultimately, any society that becomes dependent on the centralized control of information and opinion will be neither free nor vibrant.” In a 2022 essay, Jacob Mchangama discussed the danger of curtailing free expression in the name of combating harmful speech:foreignaffairs.com/articles/world…

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When Jacob Mchangama says “mega thread,” he’s not kidding. The CEO of The Future of Free Speech is concerned about US legislative attempts to outlaw antisemitism based on Europe’s experience. x.com/jmchangama/sta…

No matter the intentions of its proponents, giving the government the authority to ban opinions inevitably leads to violations of free speech.

Censorship only leads to more censorship, as FIRE Fellow Jacob Mchangama explains, using similar European laws as a cautionary tale ⬇️