freedom of speech

Editor’s Note: This essay is co-published with Tech Policy Press. Barrett is the deputy director of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, where he writes about…

Entering their third year of protests against Erdogan's dictates, they encapsulate many aspects of the global struggle for democracy.

"In the final few days of 2022, we turn again to an expression of thanks – to our amazing colleagues who help produce Just Security, to our authors who fill the pages with their…

A key UN committee opened its doors to civil society and experts, but the resulting Delhi Declaration contains little of that input thus far.

Much depends on how social media platforms interpret their obligations under the new regulation, and how EU authorities enforce it.

Law ministers from the 56 member countries decide this week whether to support strong protections -- and enforcement to carry them out.

Southeast Asia’s heads have begun to gather in Cambodia for a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where they will also be joined by other world leaders…

An emerging set of rules that apply to public expression on platforms hosting content could ensure that necessary democratic safeguards are securely in place.

Governments should recognize that pulling the plug on the internet – or on an entire social media platform – is not a viable solution to the spread of hate speech or misinformation…

U.S. intelligence agencies prohibit millions of former public servants from speaking or writing about government policy without first obtaining the government’s approval - based…

Deferring to local laws to determine the bounds of free speech on Twitter - and Musk has suggested doing - would jeopardize hard-won democratic freedoms in Africa.

Remarks from Jameel Jaffer, Just Security Executive Editor and Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.