Freedom of Speech

This page features news and research related to topics on freedom of speech at Columbia University.

In an event sponsored by the Knight First Amendment Institute, the former intelligence contractor talks about the White House whistleblower and more.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says an election message's reach "should be earned, not bought."

We need to protect consumers from the growing influence of companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon, and the public deserves to hear more about the reform proposals from the Democratic candidates.

Courts play an important role in protecting freedom of expression and in investigating the murder of journalists like Jamal Khashoggi. 

In a victory for free speech, a federal appeals court upheld the decision that the president needs to unblock his critics on Twitter.

Report was written by UN expert Agnes Callamard, director of the Global Freedom of Expression Project at Columbia.

Hundreds gathered at Columbia University for the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes award luncheon.

Dana Canedy calls the reporters “international symbols of the importance of press freedom.”

Columbia Global Freedom of Expression has launched a new teaching portal Freedom of Expression Without Frontiers, in partnership with 10 universities and civil society organizations from around the world, to promote the adoption of a global approach to the teaching of free speech.

The Knight First Amendment Institute filed suit in New York contending that President Trump and his communications team violated the First Amendment by blocking seven people from the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account.

Lee C. Bollinger's new book celebrates the 100th anniversary of the formative free-speech cases and warns of new threats to freedom of expression in the digital age.

The Knight First Amendment Institute preserves and expands First Amendment rights through research and education, and supports litigation that promotes the protection of freedom of expression and the press.