Democracy Talks

Preserving Freedom of Expression



In this seventh installment of Democracy Talks <[link removed]>, we explore how to protect and enhance freedom of expression. Our interviews and essays include a wide variety of perspectives on the rise of the internet as a vehicle for expression, the state of free speech on college campuses, and the challenges that face freedom of the press in the United States and elsewhere.

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Facebook’s Oversight Board’s work – and other free speech challenges <[link removed]>
Michael McConnell, the Richard and Frances Mallery Professor at Stanford Law School, explains the work of the Facebook Oversight Board and discusses the relationship between the First Amendment and disinformation.

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The internet expands freedom of expression — if we keep the net free <[link removed]>
Adrian Shahbaz, Director of Technology and Democracy at Freedom House, explains how authoritarian governments in China and elsewhere are limiting their citizens’ access to the internet. What’s more, he warns, they are attempting to rewrite global rules governing the internet.

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Debating free speech on college campuses <[link removed]>
Jamal Greene, Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, explore the freedom of expression and the evolution of First Amendment rights on college campuses.

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Colleges need to be places where all ideas are on the table <[link removed]>
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill, Director of the Campus Free Expression Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, reports on how self-censorship happens on campuses, and argues that colleges should be a place for free expression and ideas.

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Autocracy’s opening when people don’t know the facts <[link removed]>
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post media columnist, examines journalism's role in a democracy, the decline of local journalism, and the rise of social media platforms considered as news sources.

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Democracy backslides when a free press is considered an enemy of the people <[link removed]>
Sofia Menchu, Guatemalan journalist and reporter for Reuters, calls upon her home country's government and other Central American governments to respect the freedom of expression.

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Journalists are on the front line of Central America’s fight for democracy <[link removed]>
Threats and attacks against the press in Central America have been steadily escalating. Jenny Villatoro, Associate of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, states journalists must stay committed to preserving their democracy.

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Washington should magnify dissenting voices in Afghanistan and Burma <[link removed]>
Natalie Gonnella-Platts, Director of the Women's Initiative at the Bush Institute, and Chris Walsh, Deputy Director of the Human Freedom and Women's Initiatives at the Bush Institute, argue it's up to the United States and other democracies to help lift up the voices in Burma and Afghanistan.

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