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Georgia is backsliding toward Russia’s sphere of influence.
New research shows that even after Facebook made changes to stem the tide of dangerous pandemic misinformation, some accounts continued to thrive.
Amid calls to ban certain books from libraries and schools, research shows that students benefit when they have the ability to choose which materials they want to read.
A law scholar examines a pair of Supreme Court cases that pit the public’s free speech rights against politicians’ rights.
Discussions about potential bans highlight the tension between Western countries and China over the app.
The Netanyahu government is pressuring Israel’s most prominent left-leaning newspaper over its coverage of the war in Gaza.
We’re all familiar with a green ‘G’ or a red ‘MA’ on a movie poster, but those ratings don’t have any basis in what we know about child development. They’d be much more useful for parents if they did.
One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
The film Barbie is seen as an icon of American values , but is still proving popular in Russia.
A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality.
It was reported this week that Queen’s song Fat Bottomed Girls has not been included in a greatest hits compilation aimed at children – presumably because of the lyrics.
The hijacking of freedom by far-right politicians like Florida’s Ron DeSantis raises crucial questions about whose freedom is truly at stake in a time of tyranny.
To read broadly and deeply is a marvellous thing that can make us alert to the wide-ranging varieties of being. But no book will condemn or redeem us.
Distinct from civil disobedience, this legal strategy demands complete compliance with the law – even when there are loopholes that the laws’ creators didn’t intend.
There are different tactics that governments can use to block the internet, some more sophisticated than others.
Writers have challenged oppression, exposed social injustices and advocated for political change.
Librarians are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battle raging across the US over censorship, book challenges and book bans. That conflict has even changed how librarians are trained.
Japanese filmmakers have been exploring the impacts of the second world war from as early as 1952.
In recent years, Indonesia has slashed the rate of deforestation. That’s why this new crackdown on researchers is so surprising.
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Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida
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Sessional Academic, Children's Literature and Creative Writing, Victoria University
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Research Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech, Vanderbilt University
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Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
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Associate Professor, Publishing, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer + Researcher, RMIT University
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PhD student in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant professor, University of Zurich
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Senior Industry Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Baker Endowed Chair and Professor of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina