The Heckler’s Veto and the Right to Free Association It's not just a matter of weighing up one group’s free speech against another group’s counter-speech. It’s also about one group’s freedom of association being impeded. Holly Lawford-Smith 27 Nov 2023 · 7 min read
Tolerating Intolerance: The Free Speech Paradox The true power of free expression is revealed even in defenses of speech advocating against it. Angel Eduardo 31 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
In Canada, Asking for Evidence Now Counts as ‘Denialism’ Sensational 2021 claims that unmarked Indigenous child graves had been discovered in British Columbia now seem doubtful. But saying so may soon be a criminal offence Jonathan Kay 20 Jun 2023 · 9 min read
Roald Dahl and the Ethics of Art The urge to censor is based on a misunderstanding of what makes literature valuable. Iona Italia 21 Feb 2023 · 11 min read
Poetic Justice How an octogenarian artist defied curatorial bureaucracy. Julia Friedman 25 Oct 2022 · 8 min read
How Much Real-World Extremism Does Online Hate Actually Cause? While calls to censor hate speech and violent extremist content on social media platforms are common [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/30/mark-zuckerberg-calls-for-tighter-internet-regulations-we-need-a-more-active-role-for-governments.html] , there’s little evidence that online incitement [https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000260382] leads to real-world radicalization. Ironically, such calls may actually galvanize extremists, Bill Ottman and Jesse Morton 20 Mar 2022 · 6 min read
How Radical Transparency Cures Web Censorship and Surveillance The Legacy social networks have betrayed the trust of their users to such extent that their brands are essentially unsalvageable. Bill Ottman 8 Feb 2019 · 11 min read
Does Free Speech Need Boundaries to Survive? It wouldn’t be misleading to say that the greatest threat to free speech today comes from free speech itself. Wessie du Toit 19 Oct 2017 · 6 min read
China: Zero Tolerance for Academic Freedom China quickly found itself facing dissatisfaction from those steamrollered by a policy of growth at all costs, in spite of the country’s economic and diplomatic successes. Emilie Tran 19 Oct 2017 · 5 min read