BI ArticleCarrie Menkel-Meadow: Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Protest
Who has the right to speak how and when? The Stanford Law School controversy has lessons for all of us.
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Carrie Menkel-Meadow: Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Protest
Who has the right to speak how and when? The Stanford Law School controversy has lessons for all of us.
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Ken Cloke: Free Speech on Campus: What Colleges and Universities Can Do - And Lorelie Kelly on How Universities Can Strengthen our Democratic System
There are no judicial or military solutions to the wars being fought around the world, or on our campuses. Our only choice is to learn to live together by settling, transforming, or transcending our conflicts.
BI Article
Carrie Menkel-Meadow: Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Protest
Who has the right to speak how and when? The Stanford Law School controversy has lessons for all of us.
BI Article
Rosa Zubizarreta-Ada: Transformative Power and Empathic Connection: Changing Contexts, Generating Inclusive Mindsets
Rosa Zubizarreta-Ada explores solutions to the "Achilles Heel of democracy," in which free speech allows illiberal speech, which then threatens the very democracy that allows it.
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Class 35. How to Inoculate Your Mind Against Disinformation
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Unlocking the Secrets of Misinformation with Samuel Spitale
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MediaWise Education Resources
MediaWise provides resources to help people identify misinformation through engaging, innovative media literacy education. Their goal is to inspire savvy digital citizens who know that when facts prevail, democracy wins.
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The Most Consequential First Amendment Case This Term
An enlightening look at the issues the Supreme Court is considering in 303 Creative v. Elenis and the possibility that the government will increasingly be able to tell us what we can and can't say.
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Especially informed and thoughtful reflections on the "Twitter Files," freedom of speech, the First Amendment, public policy, and social media.
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As tensions rise over Russia and China's increasingly aggressive brand of high-tech authoritarianism, an update on efforts to undermine the propaganda that makes these regimes possible.
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A primer on the many important issues swirling around "Section 230" of the Communications Decency Act and the implications that this has for efforts to control the downsides of social media.
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A comprehensive look at what increasing numbers of people see as a terrifying assault on the freedom of expression that is so central to a successful democracy.
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Greg Lukianoff on How to Build a Culture of Free Speech
Thoughtful advice on how to cultivate both public support for freedom of speech and an ability to use those freedoms effectively.
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Greg Lukianoff on How to Build a Culture of Free Speech
Thoughtful advice on how to cultivate both public support for freedom of speech and an ability to use those freedoms effectively.
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The Weaponization of "Scientific Consensus"
Another threat to the accuracy of our perceptions about the world we inhabit, "scientific" efforts to distort scientific findings.
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How Lying Became Disinformation
A must read article exploring both the problem of disinformation and the ways in which elites (on both the left and right) are hijacking efforts to limit the problem.
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Constant Demand For Censorship By Elites Shows Their Rule Depends Upon Disinformation
A sobering analysis of the ongoing global campaign against misinformation -- a campaign that this author believes is a cover for political censorship.
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As conflict rates soar, misinformation is getting worse
Reflections on the all-important challenge of controlling the weaponized disinformation that accompanies hyper-polarized conflict without getting co-opted by one side or the other.