Internet freedom declines in US, Germany: study

Internet freedom declined in both the United States and Germany as Western democracies joined authoritarian states in ...
Pew Research Center

Free Expression Seen as Important Globally, but Not Everyone Thinks Their Country Has Press, Speech and Internet Freedoms

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of free speech, freedom of the press and freedom on the internet in 35 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the ...
THE WEEK

What is Free Speech?: a 'meticulous' look at the evolution of freedom of expression

This "meticulous and much-needed" history of free speech "arrives at an interesting moment", said Joe Moran in The Guardian. In the US, Donald Trump has made "restoring freedom of speech" a ...
NPR

Freedom of speech is shifting under the Trump administration. We're exploring how

Many Americans are worried that their First Amendment right to free speech is fading. NPR's Morning Edition has talked to legal experts, activists, immigration lawyers, scientists, students, teachers ...
Jurist

Kenya cybercrime law sparks freedom of expression concerns

Human Rights Watch warned on Thursday that Kenya’s cybercrime law amendments risk criminalizing legitimate online speech. The amendments, assented to on October 15 and published by Parliament on ...
Jurist

Vietnam cybersecurity law violates freedoms of speech and expression: HRW report

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Vietnam on Tuesday to repeal its new cybersecurity law, saying that it violates the rights to free speech and freedom of expression. Vietnam’s new law, set to come into ...
Opinion

Can freedom of speech get you in hot water when it comes to company values? Ask HR

The First Amendment protects you from government censorship. It doesn’t protect you from workplace consequences ...
Big Time Fresh on MSN

Freedom of Speech Actually Does Have Limits that are Not Protected by the First Amendment

After the Constitution was ratified in June of 1788, George Washington and James Madison urged the members of Congress to ...
The Conversation

English universities now have a duty to uphold freedom of speech – here’s how it might affect students’ sense of belonging

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Lantern

Ohio State receives an ‘F’ grade for free speech on campus

Ohio State has received a failing grade for its support of free speech. Though Ohio State’s ranking among all colleges actually improved, the university scored 57.7 out of 100 on the Foundation for ...
Reason

Sarah McLaughlin (FIRE) on "Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech,"

I'm delighted to report that Sarah McLaughlin (of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) will be guest-blogging this coming week about her new book. From the publisher's summary: A ...
Yahoo

6 Trump Inauguration speech highlights — and how the internet reacted

Donald Trump is officially the 47th President as of Inauguration Day. In a 30-minute speech, Trump proclaimed that "the golden age of America begins right now," and promised many changes. Here are a ...