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More than a century ago, a Supreme Court justice made his own analogy: speech that doesn’t merit protection is the type that creates a clear and present danger, like falsely shouting “fire” in a crowded theater. “Shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater” has since become a shopworn way to describe anything deemed to cross the free-speech ...
That is to say, democracy and freedom meant popular participation in the political process. Any citizen might find themselves weighing the merits of war and peace, having to cast a vote on significant issues, or giving a speech on the need for more public spending to a crowd of hundreds. However, this increased democratic power came at a high ...
In 1941, President Franklin D Roosevelt gave what is now known as his Four Freedoms Speech, in which he proposed four fundamental rights that he believed the entire world should enjoy. Those freedoms were the freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Over 70 years later, on Human Rights Day, Secretary ...
Freedom is, in some respects, scarce. In other respects, we may have opportunities to expand freedom for all. Economists on both the right and the left have long been interested in freedom, and freedom is part of the rhetoric of economics, but freedom is not part of the formal mathematical apparatus of mainstream economics.
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.
Burkina Faso, with 2.94, was the only other African country to appear in the bottom 10. Other countries with a low tolerance of freedom of expression were Jordan (2.53), Pakistan (2.78), Ukraine (2.85), Vietnam (2.96), Lebanon (3.16) and Japan (3.27). It’s worth remembering that freedom of speech is enshrined in the constitution of the United ...
Holocaust denial or hate speech can land you in court. In a recent poll, nearly half of Europeans agreed their government should be able to prevent people from saying things that are offensive to minorities. The sentiment was strongest in Germany, where 70% of those surveyed agreed. Across the six EU nations surveyed, a median of 49% agreed ...
The newly established International Fund for Public Interest Media is an ambitious project that aims to bolster financial support for media in low and middle-income countries through an independent, multilateral body. Decisions on which media outlets secure funding will be made at a regional level. The fund aims to secure $100 million by 2022.
How online platforms must respond to a new era of internet governance. Governments need to find a balance between keeping the internet safe, while also protecting fundamental rights, including freedom of speech. Governments across the world have started designing new frameworks to regulate online platforms. The coming era of regulated internet ...
Following Milton’s gendered rendering, the story, therefore, went something like this: the censor was the bad guy (Milton’s “temporising and extemporising licencer” with his “cursory eyes”). The writer was the good guy (Milton’s “learned” champion of “free writing and free speaking”). And the plot involved the struggle of ...