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Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to strengthen freedom of expression worldwide by advancing the understanding of international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information.
🌈👏👏CGFoE Celebrates Historic Dominican Court Ruling Protecting #lgbti Rights and Advancing Equality. Case was brought by our Senior Legal&Policy Consultant Anderson Javiel Dirocie De León & Patricia M. Santana Nina, a constitutional law expert.
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📢Disinformation, Media Under Siege | Amal Clooney Calls for Justice. Read all & more↘️
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From endless delays in response time to ridiculously overbroad ██████ redactions, FOIA is plagued with problems.
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A federal judge in Washington handed down an 18-month sentence to Timothy Martin, who, along with Joanna Smith, staged a climate protest at the DC gallery in spring 2023. This + more about climate action & latest decisions: mailchi.mp/columbia/cop...
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IPSO ruled that DailyMail violated accuracy obligations by publishing a misleading headline, while Brazil’s Supreme Court found that Google, Meta, Spotify & Brasil Paralelo contributed to disinformation by running coordinated campaigns against a proposed "Censorship Bill"- mailchi.mp/columbia/int...
12.11.2025 17:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0‼️Aryeh Neier on assault on #FoE and capitulation of US institutions.
For more, check our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/hat...
Mishi Choudhary on hypocrisy of Big Tech.
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🔥🔥🔥Another special session on #FoE at the University of Buenos Aires guided by Lautaro Furfaro, Hawley Johnson, and Anderson Dirocie exploring role & jurisprudence of key international human rights bodies in protecting and interpreting freedom of expression.
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Interested in free speech in #Argentina & the region? Check our interview with Roberto Gargarella
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Sont miss the important discussion: ipsp.org/global-socia...
24.10.2025 15:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Courts reaffirming key protections for free speech: Harvard v. HHS – Agencies broke the law by freezing $2B in research grants; Media Matters v. FTC – FTC likely retaliated against a nonprofit’s speech; RFERL E/RL v. Kari Lake – Judge ordered funds restored to the media mailchi.mp/columbia/the...
24.10.2025 10:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why does the European Court of Human Rights treat some genocide denial cases differently from others? At her book launch with @cgfoe.bsky.social, @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social explains why this matters. 📚
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Sergey Smirnov, Editor-in-Chief of Mediazona discusses the Kremlin’s political repressions and eradication of independent journalism, his criminal case, and Mediazona’s bare survival in exile. Read this interview & more in our latest #newsletter:
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#India, court updates on FoE:
🗣️ Journalist’s posts not a national security issue
🎓Prof gets interim bail over military op post
🌐 Wikipedia takedown order struck down
📜 MP’s poem ruled protected artistic expression
🔗https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=5b024e7a0c16e2779164ac24d&id=3591589a90
What better way to discuss hate speech than in the esteemed company of world-renowned experts? Together with DWT, grateful to host the NYC launch of Natalie Alkiviadou's new book, alongside Mishi Choudhary, Aryeh Neier, and our director, Hawley Johnson.
@nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social
Please note the TIME CHANGE and see you tomorrow.
01.10.2025 22:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🔥Media Under #Surveillance in Latin America
How does surveillance affect journalism, and what responses do human rights offer?
📷 Online seminar | SP/EN interpretation
📅October 2, 2025
Register: t.co/hXXq0ysgtG
The Colombian president uses his X account to criticize publications that report against his government. Many of us considered that a threshold was reached when he referred to women journalists as“mafia dolls", says Emmanuel Vargas of El Veinte. Read this and more:
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#Ecuador: Ban on political advocacy for civil society, candidates & citizens struck down; sanction on magazine editorial ruled unconstitutional. Meta OB: #Peru– metaphorical post on president restored; #Japan– “drop dead” comment deemed figurative speech. us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c...
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📣 Journos, HRD, Academia
🔎 Webinar "Journalism Under Surveillance in Latin America: Cases, Challenges, and Responses From a Human Rights Perspective"
🗓️ October 2
🕰️ 12:00 PM COT / 1:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM CLT
💻 Zoom
🗣️ Interpretation Spanish ↔ English
🔗More info & registration: tinyurl.com/mtwuzs43
🔎 Webinar "Periodismo bajo vigilancia en América Latina: Casos, desafíos y respuestas desde los derechos humanos"
🗓️ 2 octubre
🕰️12:00pm COT / 1:00pm ET / 2:00pm CLT
💻 Vía Zoom
🗣️Interpretación español ↔ inglés
🔗 Más información e inscripción aquí: tinyurl.com/mtwuzs43
🎈Are laws on hate speech shifting in an era of political division, social media growth, and online platforms that can spark real-world violence? Join us in NYC, in person, on 10/06/2025 to discuss⏬with @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social
18.09.2025 18:19 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📌Protections for the right to #FoE must be guaranteed both in the traditional sphere and in the digital world, said Daniela Salazar Marín, former Judge on the Constitutional Court of #Ecuador. This & more in our latest newsletter: us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c...
18.09.2025 16:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NYC lawyers + scholars: Don’t miss @futurefreespeech.org's @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social on Oct 6 at DWTLaw discussing her new book on hate speech and @echr.coe.int with leading voices in law + human rights. Register to attend⬇️ globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...
16.09.2025 19:20 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Photo: Aleksandar Jovanovic - Cuta, photo: social media
#Serbia: Court rules against tabloid 24SEDAM for republishing op-ed defaming activist #Hungary: Blogger convicted of libel; Meta partly upheld in politician’s account removal #Slovenia: Constitutional Court protects public broadcaster’s financial independence. To read: mailchi.mp/columbia/cgf...
10.09.2025 20:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you didn't have time to register - see you on Youtube.
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📌There is still time to join us on Zoom or YouTube & learn about the intersection of freedom of thought and international human rights law.
📆 9/9 at 11-12:30ET
🔗Zoom: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...
🔗Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfps...
📢 Are we truly free to hold ideas without interference or coercion? What is the response from international human rights law? Join us on 9/9 at 11-12:30ET
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🔗Zoom: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...
Join us on 9/9 for a landmark online conversation! The @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought is the 1st publication to map this right across global legal frameworks. From neurotech to AI, the stakes are high. globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...
28.08.2025 14:35 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2🙋Do we have the right to hold any idea, belief, or viewpoint without external interference or coercion? Join us on 9/9 to learn more.⤵️
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