Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

How Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric Fuels Violence

Hate speech from the far right is increasing the risk of violence against LGBTQ+ people such as the Club Q shooting

The Faux Free Speech Warriors Attacking Free Speech

There’s a particularly insidious and cynical form of censorship gaining prominence in America: the weaponization of “free speech” rhetoric, combined with abuses of the judicial sy…

When is Political Violence Justified

What the Liberal Tradition Says on the Subject

The Algorithmic Management of Polarization and Violence on Social Media

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It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech

At a time when anyone can broadcast live or post their thoughts to a social network, we should be living in a utopia of public discourse. We're not.

Are LLMs Stifling Political Speech? An Assessment of How AI Models Protect Free Expression | Oversight Board

The Oversight Board’s first evaluation of large language models (LLMs) shows that some of the world’s most-used models from Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, Meta

Bluesky civil war shows free speech is harder than it looks

Last week, a joke familiar from X circulated on rival platform Bluesky: “(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??” It was obviously a jab at the moral intensity that now seems to define the site, and indeed much of the rest of the social media landscape. On most platforms such a [...]Read More...

Political Violence Is Never Acceptable

Nor is the threat or implication of violence.

Early violence is a bad teacher. But the mind can learn anew | Aeon Essays

A world of violence sustains itself through guns, poverty and other social ills, but also through the minds it creates

Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids’ Brains

A new analysis argues that AI fruit reels depicting violent acts reinforce dangerous extremism among young viewers.

Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance

This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and chill the most basic freedoms protected by the First Amendment.

‘War on terror’: How 9/11 changed the language of conflict

The events of September 11, 2001 spawned a new lexicon which effectively sanitised the erosion of human rights.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Violence Against Women and Girls • Stimson Center

Examining the impact of AI on violence against women and girls, particularly concerning disinformation, online abuse, and women’s participation in public life.