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Sanctioning All Lies Violates 1st Amendment, Speaker Says

Sanctioning All Lies Violates 1st Amendment, Speaker Says

By Ashley Zhao February 21, 2020

Sanctioning lies infringes upon U.S. citizens’ right to free speech, journalist and legal scholar Garrett Epps said at an event Wednesday. The event, titled “The Right to Lie,” was hosted by...

Foreign Journalists Face Barriers to Freedom of Speech, Panel Says

Foreign Journalists Face Barriers to Freedom of Speech, Panel Says

By Harrison McBride January 31, 2020

Freedom of expression is a universal aspiration among people, but journalists and policymakers must be cognizant of diverse cultural and political circumstances when promoting free speech abroad, panelists...

AARON GREENSTEIN FOR THE HOYA | Lori Moylan, Sarah Jeong, Jeff Kosseff, Katie Fallow and Kara Swisher (left to right) discussed the future of social media at an event moderated by professor Sanford Ungar Monday.

Social Media Regulation Is Inevitable, Panelists Agree

By Riley Rogerson September 27, 2019

The U.S. federal government will inevitably regulate social media companies, but the extent of this regulation is still up for debate, technology journalists, lawyers and a Facebook representative said...

ELLIE STAAB FOR THE HOYA | Panelists discussed free speech rights of incarcerated Americans at an event in Gaston Hall on Tuesday.

Panelists Advocate Protection of Free Speech Rights in Prisons

By Taylor Kahn-Perry April 26, 2019

Fostering connections between incarcerated people and the outside world must be a key feature of criminal justice reform, panelists agreed at a discussion on the free speech rights of incarcerated Americans...

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From left to right: Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight Institute; Laura Poitras, a documentary filmmaker who reported on the National Security Agency’s PRISM surveillance program after receiving classified information from Edward Snowden; Alberto Mora, former general counsel of the U.S. Navy known for leaking information about torture at Guantanamo Bay; Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post; Carrie Cordero, former counsel to the assistant U.S. attorney general; and Sanford Ungar, the director of Georgetown’s Free Speech Project.

America Must Protect The Freedom of The Press, Panelists Say

By Olivia Eggers September 25, 2018

At a time when the press’s relationship with the executive branch is increasingly strained, protecting the First Amendment rights of both journalists and whistleblowers —those who leak information...

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Free Speech Project Panel on Charlottesville Probes Bounds of Expression

By Jesus Rodriguez November 2, 2017

The line is blurred between free speech and speech that is harmful or violent enough to be curtailed, according to four experts at a Georgetown University Free Speech Project panel Monday. Speaking...

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