Free Speech – What’s not to like?
This article argues that the attack on ‘cancel culture’ is the creation of a culture war where none exists. The number of cancelled events at universities is very small and…
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“The media censorship”, free speech and the radical right: The case of Spain’s VOX party
Introduction The word “infodemic” was coined by the Word Health Organization (WHO) to describe the excess of information, usually false, on a particular problem, used to hinder the process of…
The effects of censoring the far-right online
Berlin.- Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag session in the Kroll Opera after the end of the Balkan campaign (Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-808-1238-05/Creative Commons) Since 2016, censorship of far-right groups and…
Sweden heading towards ‘academic freedom’ as battlefield of the radical right
What appeared as a harmless series of lectures for journalism students, soon turned out to be one of the first Swedish cases of the issue of ‘academic freedom’ as a…
Endchan: narratives of the Chanosphere
Mass shootings like that of El Paso show the grave consequences dangerous narratives circulating on the Chanosphere can be. The imageboard 8chan shut down after the El Paso shooting, but…
Hateful extremism and the radical right: we need new definitions
A new approach to countering the extremism of the radical right is desperately needed. This month, the Commission for Countering Extremism published the findings from its public consultation. Seeking to better…
A Case for Making Students Resilient to the Far-Right?
The UK education system has, since the statutorisation of Prevent, been legally obliged to both nurture ‘resilient’ students and refer those whose resilience has been or is at risk of…
8chan: Where the Appalling Becomes Appealing
8chan’s ability to bring the worst of the human mind out into the open drives its traffic. 8chan is one of the most notorious message boards on the internet. Its…
Cancel Morrissey? – controversy over music and free speech
These controversies persist because Morrissey has been able to continue to make statements in interviews, and to publicise even more on his website. On the iconic Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury…
Debate over regulating right-wing extreme speech online must shift to harms such speech can cause
Prioritising free speech above the harms that extreme speech may cause has dominated the moderation strategies of social media platforms. Note: This piece was originally published at Scroll.in as part…