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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.