Media framing shapes people’s understanding of the world. A political communication scholar says that journalistic outlets’ failure to call Donald Trump an authoritarian is a problem for democracy.
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How did speech rules developed and promoted by the left become tools that could be wielded against it?
Laws aimed at restricting children’s access to harmful content online may also undermine privacy and restrict free speech.
Bendigo Writers Festival has had to cancel 11 sessions, as writers withdraw over a code of conduct sent two days ago.
Many universities will have to change the way they approach free speech.
Belonging can also mean being able to challenge dominant norms and discourses.
A 1952 law that President Harry S. Truman opposed, calling it a step backward, now underpins many actions by the Trump administration against noncitizens in the US.
Will costly settlements over news stories the president sued about influence network journalists when deciding whether to pursue investigative stories involving the Trump administration?
Previous definitions have been controversial, failing to unite politicians, academics and British Muslims, and leading to charged debates over free speech.
Kids face risks online, but whether and how the law can protect them is a thorny issue. The Supreme Court weighed in to say states can try with age-gating – essentially requiring ID at the online door.
A unanimous case decided by the US Supreme Court in 2024 could protect the First Amendment rights to free expression of many of the organizations targeted by the Trump administration.
The Trump administration canceled hundreds of grants it said amounted to federal censorship, implying that those conducting misinformation research are enemies of the First Amendment. This isn’t true.
Protests can serve two opposing purposes. They can represent a mass movement in favor of democracy – and simultaneously serve a nascent dictator in their efforts to undermine democracy.
As President Trump sends National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a military historian explains why crowd control is one of the Guard’s most challenging and dangerous missions.
Autocrats today are polished, appear mainstream and use the media, not overt repression or violence, to gain public support and consolidate power. They govern through a ‘spin dictatorship.’
The Trump administration isn’t resorting to official censorship. Instead, it’s using less blatant – and more effective – ways to suppress dissent.
Academic research on changing social norms relating to gender and sexuality is largely silent on how these changes can affect those who ‘do not agree’.
Americans across all generations still value free speech. But for younger Americans, especially, that support is less strong and seems increasingly conditional.
President Donald Trump has said that free speech matters to him. But his record during his second presidential term doesn’t show that commitment.
At first glance it might seem contradictory that restricting some speech can preserve free speech, but research shows that online content moderation protects the marketplace of ideas.
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Executive Dean and Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University
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Professor Emeritus of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of Law and Humanities, Queen Mary University of London
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Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law; Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice, University of Sydney
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Programmes Manager and Research Fellow, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
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Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
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Senior Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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University Research Professor of Education, University of Kentucky