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Curated Video
The Importance of Freedom of Speech: The Story of Greta Thunberg
This video discusses the concept of freedom of speech and assembly, using the example of Greta Thunberg's school strike for climate as a case study. It explores the limitations of these freedoms and encourages viewers to reflect on their...
TED Talks
Let's get real about free speech | Greg Lukianoff
Too many people believe in something closer to freedom from speech rather than freedom of speech, says attorney Greg Lukianoff. In a timely talk, he warns against the rise of "mob censorship" — and reminds us why free speech is the best...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nadine Strossen - Freedom of Speech
Nadine Strossen, senior fellow with FIRE and emerita professor of constitutional law at New York Law School, as well as former president of the ACLU, has dedicated her life to defending civil liberties and human rights. In recent years,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Greg Lukianoff - Freedom From Speech
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American...
Step Back History
How Comedy Saved Free Speech
There are a lot of claims of censorship wafting around public discourse, and article after article of think pieces claiming that the right to speak your mind has become embattled. To give this context, let’s talk about a different case...
After Skool
Why Is FREE SPEECH Important?
A free society depends on exchanging new ideas, regardless of their potential capability of offending someone. Without the open exchange of ideas , our current understanding of the world would be unrecognizable and entirely false....
The Guardian
Trapped in a city of a thousand mountains
A new phenomenon has taken the internet by storm: Chinese rap. But behind its skyrocketing popularity, there is a struggle for freedom of speech. Rappers try to figure out what they can and cannot say after more censorship is announced....
Curated Video
Should there be curbs on free speech?
Free speech is at the heart of a healthy democracy, but in recent years it has come under attack. Controversial views are being silenced to protect vulnerable people from harm. The Economist's Jon Fasman offers his take on how societies...
The Economist
YouTube's battle for free speech
Over one billion hours of YouTube videos are viewed every day. A new generation of content creators are harnessing the power of the social-media platform, but they're also grappling with issues surrounding censorship and free speech.
The Guardian
Trapped in the city of a thousand mountains - rap in China
A new phenomenon has taken the internet by storm: Chinese rap. But behind its skyrocketing popularity, there is a struggle for freedom of speech. Rappers try to figure out what they can and cannot say after more censorship is announced....
Curated Video
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: Free Speech in School
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to free speech. But when student journalists in Missouri wrote a series of articles on teen sex and divorce in 1983, their school appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court for the...
Intelligence Squared
Hate Speech: American Fundamentalism v European Censorship
Last week the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the right of the hate-mongering Westboro Baptist Church to disturb the funerals of servicemen with ho...Hate speech: better American fundamentalism than European censorship Part 2
Intelligence Squared
Should hate speech be curbed?
Last week the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the right of the hate-mongering Westboro Baptist Church to disturb the funerals of servicemen with ho...Hate speech: better American fundamentalism than European censorship Part 1
TED Talks
Darknet, le grand malentendu ?
Darknet, le grand malentendu ?
Et si on vous disait que l'Internet vous connaît mieux que vos proches. Jean-Philippe Rennard, docteur en économie, nous entraîne dans un voyage dans le Web, les données et la...
Et si on vous disait que l'Internet vous connaît mieux que vos proches. Jean-Philippe Rennard, docteur en économie, nous entraîne dans un voyage dans le Web, les données et la...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Greg Lukianoff - Unlearning Liberty
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Greg Lukianoff - Teachers Make a Difference - Kathleen Sullivan
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Greg Lukianoff - The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American...
TLDR News
Trump's Social Media Executive Order & Twitter Battle Explained - TLDR News
This week President Trump has been taking swings at Twitter after they started fact-checking his tweets. Trump promised big moves and an executive order to limit the power of social media sites. And... well he delivered an executive...
Reading Through History