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Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to strengthen freedom of expression worldwide by advancing the understanding of international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information.
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❗AFRICA in Focus❗ #South_Africa: Politician’s call to “kill” amounts to hate speech #Zambia: Lifting interdict blocking documentary on Chinese investment #Kenya: Injunction regarding reporting on alleged misconduct #Nigeria: Supreme Court confirmed FOI Act. us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c...
December 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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📢Disinformation, Media Under Siege | Amal Clooney Calls for Justice. Read all & more↘️
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November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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A federal judge in Washington handed down an 18-month sentence to Timothy Martin, who, along with Joanna Smith, staged a climate protest at the DC gallery in spring 2023. This + more about climate action & latest decisions: mailchi.mp/columbia/cop...
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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IPSO ruled that DailyMail violated accuracy obligations by publishing a misleading headline, while Brazil’s Supreme Court found that Google, Meta, Spotify & Brasil Paralelo contributed to disinformation by running coordinated campaigns against a proposed "Censorship Bill"- mailchi.mp/columbia/int...
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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‼️Aryeh Neier on assault on #FoE and capitulation of US institutions.

For more, check our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/hat...
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Mishi Choudhary on hypocrisy of Big Tech.
For more, check our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/hat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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🔥🔥🔥Another special session on #FoE at the University of Buenos Aires guided by Lautaro Furfaro, Hawley Johnson, and Anderson Dirocie exploring role & jurisprudence of key international human rights bodies in protecting and interpreting freedom of expression.
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Interested in free speech in #Argentina & the region? Check our interview with Roberto Gargarella
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October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Sergey Smirnov, Editor-in-Chief of Mediazona discusses the Kremlin’s political repressions and eradication of independent journalism, his criminal case, and Mediazona’s bare survival in exile. Read this interview & more in our latest  #newsletter:
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October 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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#India, court updates on FoE:
🗣️ Journalist’s posts not a national security issue
🎓Prof gets interim bail over military op post
🌐 Wikipedia takedown order struck down
📜 MP’s poem ruled protected artistic expression
🔗https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=5b024e7a0c16e2779164ac24d&id=3591589a90
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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What better way to discuss hate speech than in the esteemed company of world-renowned experts? Together with DWT, grateful to host the NYC launch of Natalie Alkiviadou's new book, alongside Mishi Choudhary, Aryeh Neier, and our director, Hawley Johnson.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Please note the TIME CHANGE and see you tomorrow.
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The Colombian president uses his X account to criticize publications that report against his government. Many of us considered that a threshold was reached when he referred to women journalists as“mafia dolls", says Emmanuel Vargas of El Veinte. Read this and more:
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September 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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#Ecuador: Ban on political advocacy for civil society, candidates & citizens struck down; sanction on magazine editorial ruled unconstitutional. Meta OB: #Peru– metaphorical post on president restored; #Japan– “drop dead” comment deemed figurative speech. us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c...
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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📌Protections for the right to #FoE must be guaranteed both in the traditional sphere and in the digital world, said Daniela Salazar Marín, former Judge on the Constitutional Court of #Ecuador. This & more in our latest newsletter: us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c...
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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#Serbia: Court rules against tabloid 24SEDAM for republishing op-ed defaming activist #Hungary: Blogger convicted of libel; Meta partly upheld in politician’s account removal #Slovenia: Constitutional Court protects public broadcaster’s financial independence. To read: mailchi.mp/columbia/cgf...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Will journalism survive? If no guardrails are put in place, small- and medium-scale news organizations will not be able to survive this time period. It’s an information Armageddon, says Maria Ressa. This & more in our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/mar...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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@sflcin.bsky.social , India's leading digital rights organization, has received the Electronic Frontier Foundation Award 2025 for defending digital freedoms—big congratulations to the team & its founder and CGFoE expert Mishi Choudhary.🎇🎇🎇
August 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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✋ Fear. Uncertainty. Self-censorship.
Explore our new Chilling Effect factsheet by
@andersondirocie.bsky.social, Juan Manuel Ospina & Lautaro Furfaro + newsletter:
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August 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Mapuche People Rallied, Police Responded with Violence: Right to Protest in #Argentina under Scrutiny. Read our analysis by @estefi-m.bsky.social edited by @anvorozhtsova.bsky.social ➡️https://mailchi.mp/columbia/mapuche-people-rallied-police-responded-with-violence-by-estefania-mullally?e=7e61be9b9a
August 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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We’ve wrapped up the 3rd edition of CGFoE’s flagship seminar, Freedom of Expression in the Digital Realm. Over 6 weeks, MENA moot court students from Ain Shams University (Cairo) explored AI’s impact on free speech, @Meta's Oversight Board & much more. us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c...
August 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Mapuche Indigenous communities in Neuquén, #Argentina, held a peaceful protest to demand legal personhood — a right guaranteed by the Argentine Constitution and international human rights treaties. 20ppl arrested and some injured. Read more: mailchi.mp/columbia/sol...
July 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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June 30 marked 5years since Beijing imposed the NSL on #HONGKONG . Read Sarthak Gupta's article about ways NSL helped transform – rapidly and extensively – the territory’s legal system & FoE framework. mailchi.mp/columbia/new...
July 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Legal cases point to the dismantling of democracy in #HongKong. In Jimmy Lai’s case, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that his deprivation of liberty lacked a valid legal basis. Read all analysis here: mailchi.mp/columbia/hon...

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July 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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It takes a global village to stand up for the right to speak. In our new series, Portraits of #FoE Defenders, we amplify their voices every month. Nevena Krivokapic Martinovic speaks about Monro Price Moot Court & current situation in #Serbia: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/publications...
July 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM