📢🏛️ New case ALERT! A remark that FBI Director Kash Patel spent more time in nightclubs than at work was deemed rhetorical hyperbole-not a factual statement—and therefore could not support a defamation claim, a US federal court recently ruled. globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/patel-...
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! We are highlighting a historic ruling from Bosnia and Herzegovina—the country’s first final court judgment recognizing discrimination against LGBTI persons.
🆕Read the full story in our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/hap...
The Institute filed a brief today urging the Eleventh Circuit to reverse Judge Cannon’s order barring release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report.
"The public has the right to see this report under the First Amendment, common law, and Freedom of Information Act," said @scottbwilkens.bsky.social.
“When a government weaponizes immigration to punish speech, millions of immigrants and citizens feel that blow.” Read more about Mohsen Mahdawi's case, including a legal analysis ↘️
🆕https://mailchi.mp/columbia/cu-student-mohsen-mahdawi-again-faces-deportation-for-speech?e=7e61be9b9a
How can journalists help combat mis- and disinformation in the African news ecosystem? 🤔
Our upcoming online session on June 25 at 4:00 PM GMT, in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, tackles this topic and more: www.icfj.org/calendar/com...
#Hungary unlawfully deprived Klubrádió of broadcasting frequency (CJEU); Budapest’s mayor Facebook page could delete comments & publishing interview without consent is not protected speech. (Const.court) 📌https://mailchi.mp/columbia/hungary-restoring-rule-of-law-cjeu-on-media-pluralism?e=7e61be9b9a
📢 New Transversal Theme Page: Business and Human Rights
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New joint publication by @citizenlab.ca + @cancivlib.bsky.social! In which @kate-ro.bsky.social & I join forces w/ Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca to explain the federal govt's many... "(Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access" 🧵1/x
“Newsrooms and editors need to ensure they prepare their journalists for the potential risks of this World Cup so journalists know their rights and feel empowered while reporting,” writes Lucy Westcott, CPJ’s Chief Emergencies Officer, in an op-ed for the @ajc.com. www.ajc.com/opinion/2026...
It’s a disgrace that journalist Lucas Griffith was prosecuted for doing his job.
Griffith’s courage is a reminder that a free press depends on people’s willingness to defend the First Amendment.
We need more journalists with his backbone.
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-...
This submission analyzes Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. Issues include: the bill’s sweeping scope, significant constitutional...
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Journalists covering the World Cup in Atlanta and other U.S. cities must know their rights and take precautions given the American government's treatment of the press.
On a humid July day in Cincinnati, my life changed in a way I would never have anticipated. Through the summer of 2025 I worked as a photography intern for
