Ukraine: Media freedom and disinformation
Written by Tarja Laaninen. ‘The war on Ukraine is also a war on information’, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). On 16 June 2022, the
Written by Tarja Laaninen. ‘The war on Ukraine is also a war on information’, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). On 16 June 2022, the
In September of last year I reported about the apparent resolution of a controversy about free speech at Cambridge University that had been going on
Conor Friedersdorf has a new piece in The Atlantic that tackles a question that vexes many: what happens if a university or institution has a
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has been a very valuable resource in documenting and correcting violations of free speech on
Let’s Use Johnson’s Imminent Demise to Get Rid of His Poisonous LegacyIn the coming session of Parliament the Government intends to introduce a
Yesterday I described the mayhem that ensued in Sweden and Denmark when a nativist right-wing politician, Rasmus Paludan, head of Denmark’s
Here’s one of those hard free-speech cases, and it’s hard for even a diehard free-speecher like me. It comes from the Wall Street Journal (a
According to the Washington Post, Elon Musk, who will be the new boss of Twitter, has announced that he’ll reverse Twitter’s ban on the
Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter, which he claims to have done to promulgage legal free speech (i.e., speech permitted by the First Amendment),
Russian politician, academic and economist Grigory Yavlinsky, who became known with his plan for a smooth transition from the Soviet regime to a
Russian politician, academic and economist Grigory Yavlinsky, who became known with his plan for a smooth transition from the Soviet regime to a
The EU is currently working on, or passing, big legislative changes in order to address issues within the digital marketplace and in relation to
I am really isolated from the news on this trip: we get no newspapers and I have no time to either read the papers online or listen to news on
The Right of Reply is not a tool for the government to counter editorials in independent newspapers and the fact that it misuses this legal tool is