Free Speech Debate

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[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

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@WojciechSadurski discusses with @HelenHaft the criminal and civil defamation charges he is facing in #Poland, his recent acquittal in one case, and the dangers to #freespeech and #democracy under Poland’s #LawandJustice Party:
https://t.co/0ualJGFsaz

@fromTGA

[Europe in a Changing World @EuropeanMoments]

OUT NOW 1/2 “Young Europeans Speak to EU”. Our policy report, in which we give timely recommendations to the EU based on survey & interview data, is now up on our website! The report is the result of our 3-year @UniofOxford-based research project on the future of the EU. @fromTGA

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

Pay attention. If the Polish parliament *tomorrow* passes law #lexTVN designed solely to destroy the independence of by far the most important, (&US-owned) independent TV station TVN @FaktyTVN , Poland follows Hungary dismantling democracy *inside a member state of the EU*

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

In German @NZZ: "No doctorate because of a tweet: That's how far China's influence on Swiss universities goes":

[Stuart Lau @StuartKLau]

One interesting aspect of this Swiss article – about a Swiss student losing his PhD due to the university’s fear of upsetting China over his critical tweets – is the extent of free speech for those whose better half has family in mainland China. https://t.co/gtDC4pQx8j

[Europe in a Changing World @EuropeanMoments]

Belarusian sprinter #Timanowskaja given visa by #Poland after criticising team officials and refusing to return to #Belarus. Today, Belarusian activist Vital Shyshou was found hanged in Kyiv...How can the #EU challenge #Lukashenko's brutal dictatorship and help Belarusians?

[matthew karnitschnig @MKarnitschnig]

Reporter in Hungary asks interior minister about gov‘s alleged use of spy software to monitor journalists. Minister responds that question is illegal because it could be construed as instigating the betrayal of state secrets.

[Adolfo Arranz @adolfux]

All arrested figures of Hong Kong's opposition camp. This is our latest back page. You might want to get a copy of today's newspaper. https://t.co/nfNssY27IQ
#newspaper #infographic @SCMPNews @SCMPgraphics

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

As predicted, Polish populists' attempt at Orbán-style Gleichschaltung of independent media by stealth, ownership change and legal/regulatory chicanery continues. This is now the frontline of defence of democracy in Poland. US & EU must respond. https://t.co/x6ULo00GjZ #TVN24

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Medical science frequently favours commercial interests over free speech, writes Deborah Cohen of the BMJ: https://t.co/eTOEGy63QK #FreeSpeech @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Wendy Barclay: Should scientific knowledge which could be used as a bioweapon be withheld from publication?:
https://t.co/FZKxHIvRFH
#FreeSpeech @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Is the ‘hands-off’ internet different to internet freedom? @fromTGA joins Kirsty Hughes at a panel discussion in Delhi with Shri Ajit Balakrishnan, Shri Sunil Abraham and Ramajit Singh Chima: https://t.co/9M1W9qa0Fl #FreeSpeech #Internet

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked journals to redact a study about an easily transmitted form of the H5N1 virus for fear it could be misused by bioterrorists. Maryam Omidi considers the censorship request: https://t.co/SgO0ERmbwk #FreeSpeech @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Why should Amazon be our taste and decency police? : https://t.co/Hfp3Rcw9Xa #FreeSpeech #Amazon @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

A senior advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it is only a matter of time before a climate scientist is killed, writes Maryam Omidi: https://t.co/tFJCD8tzvi #FreeSpeech @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

The first edition of the magazine since the attack in which 12 people were killed featured a cartoon of Muhammad on its cover. Myriam Francois-Cerrah objects: https://t.co/Ja93pIu6ID #FreeSpeech @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Max Harris explains why journalist Andrew Bolt was found in breach of Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act for articles about “fair-skinned Aboriginal people”:

https://t.co/5ZHDXVxyin

#FreeSpeech @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Romani women face “multiplied discrimination”:
https://t.co/jbZVinIJDA

#FreeSpeech #Discrimination @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Professor of Philosophy Rae Langton discusses speech acts and how some speech can #silence others in the context of sexual violence against #women: https://t.co/iTPUqtZcna
#FreeSpeech @fromTGA

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Bassam Gergi discusses why the depoliticisation of #race in the US is problematic and only open debate can lead to progress: https://t.co/v6f9NqGfkU @fromTGA #FreeSpeech

[Free Speech Debate @onfreespeech]

Sarah Glatte explores the potential and pitfalls of #SocialMedia in combating #sexism: https://t.co/TDfJtvWQY0 @fromTGA #FreeSpeech