freedom of speech

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.

Prepublication review has ballooned since 1980 Supreme Court decision in Snepp v. U.S.

Two recent commissions, while diagnosing the challenge differently, reached some similar conclusions on steps to take.

A massive system of prior restraint hangs on an irregular Supreme Court footnote.

At one-year mark of Biden administration, top experts revisit proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government.

The Israeli designation may be designed to trigger US counterterrorism sanctions - and chill human rights activism. Here are some options for the US response.

Facebook has been criticized for content it allows. But we should be equally skeptical of what it takes down, and its claimed legal reasoning for removals.

The company has responded to criticism with clarifications and revisions, but the rules require a fundamental rethink.