Rae Langton on philosophy, free speech and pornography
What is the contribution philosophy can make to our understanding of free speech? How does pornography contribute to the silencing of women? What are the future challenges for free speech? Professor of...
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Since the mid-2000s, it’s been said that counter-terrorism measures have restricted free speech, especially in universities. The debate came to a head in 2015, with the creation of “prevent” duties...
View ArticleLuciano Floridi on free speech, the internet and the philosophy of information
Professor Luciano Floridi, talks to Free Speech Debate about his work on the philosophy and ethics of information and his views on the internet and privacy, speaking as a member of both the advisory...
View ArticleTo speak or not to speak: should universities practice “no-platforming”?
Does no-platforming constitute an attack on free speech? How can we best address the subjective and objective harms caused by free expression? To what extent can targeted censorship be used as a...
View Article‘Until We Are Free’: Shirin Ebadi on the fight for free speech and human...
Shirin Ebadi was the first Muslim woman and Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize. It was awarded to her in 2003 “for her efforts for democracy and human rights” in Iran and her “struggle for the rights...
View ArticleInterview: Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich talks to Free Speech Debate. Image credit: Elke Wetzig. No changes made. Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
View ArticleFree speech in Putin’s Russia: views from the inside
Changes in Russia’s media landscape during the presidency of Vladimir Putin have been the focus of attention worldwide. Most of the coverage has been critical of increasing free speech restrictions and...
View Article“What next for Rhodes Must Fall?” discussion
The issue of the presence of a statue of Cecil Rhodes overlooking a main street in Oxford lit up debate at the university from 2015, led by the Rhodes Must Fall campaign. Inspired by a similar movement...
View ArticleFree Speech Debate: introductory video
Timothy Garton Ash is Director of the Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom and leads the Free Speech Debate project. Watch him introduce the project here. To find out more about Free Speech...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky on Snowden, no-platforming and the American media
Watch our interview with Noam Chomsky, the American political activist, historian and social critic. Chomsky speaks about Edward Snowden, laws regulating historical memory, no-platforming, internet...
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