The Future of Free Speech
Aryeh Neier, human rights lawyer and president emeritus of the Open Society Foundations speaks about the future of free speech.
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Free Speech Debate
Free Speech Debate ( is a global, multilingual website for the discussion of free speech in the age of mass migration and the internet. Ten draft principles for global free speech are laid o...
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13 episodesTim Wu on the right to be forgotten
The author of the Master Switch says that while the right to be forgotten is a good idea in theory, the reality is that it may hamper entrep...
Irshad Manji on Allah, Liberty and Love
The director of the Moral Courage Project says so-called “respect” for Muslims is often lined with fear and “low expectations” of those prac...
Should Europe introduce a ‘right to blaspheme’?
Alain Bouldoires talks to Timothy Garton Ash about the survival of blasphemy laws in Europe, and calls for a ‘right to blaspheme’.
Jytte Klausen on Yale University and the Danish cartoons
Professor Jytte Klausen analyses and criticises Yale University Press’s decision to remove images of Muhammad from her scholarly book on the...
Rae Langton on philosophy, free speech and pornography
In this interview for Free Speech Debate, renowned Philosophy Professor Rae Langton speaks about the value of philosophy for our understandi...
Giles Fraser on free speech and religion
Giles Fraser, commentator and Anglican priest, talks with Free Speech Debate about the relationship between free speech and religion, and th...
Mark Thompson on the BBC and religion
The director general of the BBC explains why it aired Jerry Springer: The Opera, and talks about different responses to Christianity and Isl...
Evgeny Morozov on the dark side of internet freedom
Author Evgeny Morozov highlights the dangers that sometimes emerge when governments and corporations harness the internet to serve their own...
A former British agent makes the case for whistleblowing
Former British MI5 agent Annie Machon revealed, together with David Shayler, alleged criminal behaviour within the agency. In an interview w...
Facebook, Privacy and You
Is the age of privacy over? Lord (Richard) Allan from Facebook and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, author of Delete, go head to head on privacy an...
Jimmy Wales on Global free speech in the internet age
Professor Timothy Garton Ash (Director of Free Speech Debate) interviews Jimmy Wales (Founder of Wikipedia) on the topic of global free spee...
Timothy Garton Ash on Free Speech Debate
In this short introductory video, the director of Free Speech Debate, talks about the objectives of this Oxford University research project.