Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

We're hitting the ground and carrying out surveys to amplify voices and gather perspectives on freedom of speech. Every response brings us closer to understanding and championing this fundamental right. Let's work together to protect and promote the power of free expression!

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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

Taking it to the streets! From posters to leaflets, we’re spreading the message on the importance of freedom of speech. Every conversation started, every wall covered—it’s all part of raising awareness and standing up for the right to speak and be heard. Let’s keep the momentum going!

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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

Celebrating the writers and poets who risked it all to express truths that others feared to tell. Through their words, they challenged norms, inspired movements, and paved the way for free thought in literature. Their works remind us of the power stories hold to defend and redefine freedom.

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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

Honouring the fearless voices who fought for the freedom to speak, challenge, and inspire. From writers and activists to leaders and thinkers, their courage continues to light the path toward justice and truth. Let's remember the power of our words and the legacy of those who risked it all for our right to speak freely.

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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

In 1919 the Supreme Court decided Schenck v. United States, its first decision on the First Amendment. The court's unanimous ruling in the wartime case allowed the punishment of socialist Charles T. Schenck for distributing pamphlets urging men to resist the draft. Freedom of speech, wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes for the majority, could be restricted if the speech presented "a clear and present danger."

Over the next 100 years, First Amendment law has grappled with ever-changing communications technology and evolving dilemmas. In The Free Speech Century (Oxford University Press, 2019), edited by Law School professor Geoffrey R. Stone, JD'71, and Columbia University president Lee C. Bollinger, they and 16 scholars, including UChicago faculty members David A. Strauss, Laura Weinrib, and Tom Ginsburg, examine the past and future of the free speech doctrine in the United States and around the world. Strauss and Stone discussed our free speech moment at the Seminary Co-op in January.

Source: https://mag.uchicago.edu/speechcentury

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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

Ever since Galileo Galilei faced the Roman inquisition in the 17th century for proving that the Earth went round the sun, scientists have risked being ruthlessly silenced. The Autumn 2024 issue of Index examines how scientists to this day still face censorship, as in many places around the world, adherence to ideology stands in the way of scientific progress. We demonstrate how such nations crack down on scientific advancement, and lend a voice to those who face punishment for their scientific achievements. Reports from as far as China and India, to the UK, USA, and many in between make up this issue as we put scientific freedom under the microscope.

Outside of our special report, Ben Lynfield reports on Israel's descent into authoritarianism, Alexandra Domenech writes of the use of punitive psychiatry against Russian dissidents, and Jana Paliashchuk describes the importance of talking about Belarusian political prisoners and not letting them be forgotten. Elsewhere, an interview with Marina Litvinenko on keeping her widow Alexander Litvinenko's voice alive, Jo-Ann Mort discusses how freedom and democracy are at stake in the upcoming US presidential election, and celebrated writer Boris Akunin provides Index with an exclusive new translation.

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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/10/inconvenient-truths-how-scientists-are-being-silenced -around-the-world/

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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

How much of a threat to freedom of speech is the arrest and charging of Pavel Durov?

It really depends what the prosecution's theory is. There's a version of this where I'm not very worried about freedom of speech at all. The version I imagine might be the case is that Telegram was notified about specific posts that contained clearly illegal material, like child-sexual-abuse material, really bad stuff, or known terrorist organizations accounts they knew about specific things and they didn't act to take them down. And the idea that law can require a platform to take down illegal content in that situation where they know about specific things that's pretty common. We have that in U.S. law for the very worst illegal content, and they definitely have it in Europe.

That kind of system, where platforms have a legal obligation to take down stuff they know is illegal, has some threat to freedom of speech. We know that platforms tend to overdo it. That's why you probably don't want a system like that for something like defamation, where people will try to game the platforms by claiming that true reporting is defamation. But if the bottom line is if they knew about child-sexual-abuse material and didn't take it down, having the law penalize that is fine by me. That's not a big threat to freedom of speech.

Source: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/telegram-pavel-durov-arrest-free-speech.html

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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

A microphone amplifies voices, giving power to those who need to be heard. In the fight for freedom of speech, the mic becomes a symbol of expression, a tool that breaks the silence and challenges oppression. It stands for the right to speak freely, share ideas, and advocate for justice. Every voice matters, and the mic ensures no one is left unheard.

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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

Henrik Ibsen stated a very influential quote, "A forest bird never wants a cage," demonstrating that no one wants to be 'imprisoned', therefore, oppressed for their views and ideas. Everyone deserves the right to have a voice.


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Speak Freely: The Fight for Freedom of Speech

Generation to generation, still the same today 🎙
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