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The non-religion of human rights

I delivered the speech below at UN City in Copenhagen today, a keynote for a convening hosted by the UN Development Program’s Nordic…

Dec 12, 2023

The non-religion of human rights

Dec 12, 2023

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Sovereignty & Human Rights

Today I gave keynote remarks at a conference and panel at the Central European University in Budapest.

Jun 24

Header for a flyer announcing conference at the CEU on challenges for free speech and media pluralism in Hungary

Jun 24

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What’s going to happen to Twitter? A few thoughts.

Here’s what I think is going to happen with Twitter. I doubt any of this is news to people but I wanted to put it down in one place. Not…

Nov 19, 2022

Nov 19, 2022

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A word (or two) on platform power and responsibility

When it comes to the power of social media companies, we seem to live in a Manichaean world, according to which the most dominant…

Jan 14, 2021

A word (or two) on platform power and responsibility

Jan 14, 2021

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Against balancing

The New York Times’ Editorial Board led on Sunday with this headline: “When Liberty and Health Collide”. It’s a good topic and I am glad…

May 4, 2020

Against balancing

May 4, 2020

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Trump’s War on Truth is Bad for Your Health

On the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Jim Rutenberg wrote his media column in The New York Times noting, “disinformation was for…

Mar 6, 2020

Trump’s War on Truth is Bad for Your Health

Mar 6, 2020

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Ethiopia, the scourge of ‘hate speech’ & American social media

While Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is in Stockholm to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, you might think that the people of Ethiopia would be…

Dec 9, 2019

Ethiopia, the scourge of ‘hate speech’ & American social media

Dec 9, 2019

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Four Questions About Regulating Online Hate Speech

Determining the standards for online hate speech and disinformation

Aug 12, 2019

Four Questions About Regulating Online Hate Speech

Aug 12, 2019

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A New Constitution for Content Moderation

Social media platforms should look to human rights law to govern speech on the internet

Jun 25, 2019

A New Constitution for Content Moderation

Jun 25, 2019

David Kaye

David Kaye

Teach law at UC Irvine, former UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, author of Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet.

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