Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with the Greece PM because he didn't wish to discuss the Parthenon marbles. But do representatives of foreign peoples have a moral right to be heard by leaders whose policies impact their vital interests? Read this article philpapers.org/rec/BROCDA-8

Always a strange feeling to hold between your fingertips the physical embodiment of five years of thinking effort.

I have today crossed a threshold of having 1,500 total citations of my research and four pieces with 100 plus citations. I offset this against currently having 22,000 unopened messages in my work email inbox. I believe the two things are not unrelated.

My co-authored study (with the Octopus Project of the Council of Europe) looking at how to counter online hate speech has now been published. Check it out here: coe.int/en/web/cybercr…

Catch me on BBC Radio 4 the Moral Maze from last night, extolling the virtues of work, even in an unjust world. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Finally managed to get my Amazon author page up and running. There is even a link to a free version of one my books here... amazon.co.uk/stores/author/…

What happens when politicians answer the question they would have preferred rather than the question they were asked? The electorate ends up having to guess what the actual answer would have been. And decisions based on guesses aren't good for democracy. routledge.com/An-Ethics-of-P…

If anyone is in Luxembourg City on the evening of the 6th of November I shall be giving the keynote address at a Mediareform conference on anonymity, hate speech and the Interent. uni.lu/fhse-fr/events…

Loved speaking to legislators, judges, charities and academics in Luxembourg at last week's Mediareform conference about drafting new media laws that secure online freedom of expression whilst combating hate speech.

Pleased to see (online first, open access) my new article, "The Free Speech Principle: A Topography." It shows how there is not one core or fundamental free speech principle, but many. And each does a different job to the next. Here I map the terrain. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Come join me here at UEA for a funded PhD, area open. uea.ac.uk/about/school-o…

My new report shows a proper judicial-ethics process in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, templates the Supreme Court could easily consider for receiving, investigating, and resolving their ethics complaints. whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…

Ever wondered if it is still "hate speech", and by what mechanisms this can actually carry illocutionary force, when an oppressed person uses hateful words against a member of an advantaged group? Find out in my new article... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

Happy Christmas from Norwich!

Turns out there isn't one ultimate free speech principle but several... doi.org/10.1017/cjlj.2…

My new article on online hate speech is now live! …ternational-journal.scholasticahq.com/article/150296…