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Book launch "Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights" - Global Freedom of Expression

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Columbia Global Freedom of Expression @cgfoe.bsky.social · Sep 18

🎈Are laws on hate speech shifting in an era of political division, social media growth, and online platforms that can spark real-world violence? Join us in NYC, in person, on 10/06/2025 to discuss⏬with @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social

Columbia Global Freedom of Expression @cgfoe.bsky.social · Sep 16

NYC lawyers + scholars: Don’t miss @futurefreespeech.org's @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social on Oct 6 at DWTLaw discussing her new book on hate speech and @echr.coe.int with leading voices in law + human rights. Register to attend⬇️ globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...

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-...

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Book launch "Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights" - Global Freedom of Expression

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Columbia Global Freedom of Expression @cgfoe.bsky.social · Sep 16

NYC lawyers + scholars: Don’t miss @futurefreespeech.org's @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social on Oct 6 at DWTLaw discussing her new book on hate speech and @echr.coe.int with leading voices in law + human rights. Register to attend⬇️ globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...

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-...

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The Strasbourg Judges’ Paternalistic View on Free Speech – Schweizer Monat

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Lukas Leuzinger @lukasleuzinger.bsky.social · Sep 12

"The @echr.coe.int risks becoming an engine of censorship rather than a defender of liberty."

@nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social criticises the case law of the Strasbourg judges on hate speech, arguing that it disproportionately restricts freedom of expression.

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The European Court of Human Rights’ Case Law on hate speech is a disproportionate restriction of the fundamental right to freedom of expression.

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Strassburgs paternalistische Sicht auf die Meinungsfreiheit – Schweizer Monat

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Lukas Leuzinger @lukasleuzinger.bsky.social · Sep 11

«Der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte droht zu einer Zensurmaschine zu werden.»

@nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social kritisiert in ihrem Essay die restriktive und oft widersprüchliche Rechtsprechung des @echr.coe.int zur #Meinungsfreiheit: schweizermonat.ch/strassburgs-...

Die Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte zu Hassrede schränkt das Recht auf freie Meinungsäusserung unverhältnismässig ein. Das war nicht immer so.

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Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: An Overview of My New Book

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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · Jul 21

1/ ICYMI — Part 1 of @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social's blog series provides an overview of her book’s key findings.

Read it here:

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has traditionally maintained that freedom of expression safeguards speech that may "offend, shock…

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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · Jul 21

In a 5 part series at @volokhc.bsky.social / @reason.com , @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social summarizes key findings of her latest book 🔽🧵

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Prof. Eric Heinze, author and academic @ericheinze.bsky.social · Jul 12

Copy just arrived today. Congratulations to @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social on her new book.

Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights | Natalie Alkiviado

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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · May 19

Would a ban on Germany's AfD Party strengthen its democracy — or jeopardize it?

Using history and human rights law, @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social and @thejustncase.net explain how this approach can backfire.

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Gavin Phillipson @prof-phillipson.bsky.social · May 14

I recent read this forthcoming book by @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1... It's a really forensic and detailed critique of the often unprincipled and illiberal caselaw of the European Court of Human Rights on hate speech. Essential reading if you're writing in the area.

This book argues that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should reconsider its approach to hate speech cases and develop a robust protection of freedom

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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · Apr 14

20% off all my books (including forthcoming one on 'Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights for those who may be interested to let their institutions know :)

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Human Rights and AI-Powered Content Moderation

Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · Apr 7

This research is part of an upcoming project of the @futurefreespeech.org supported by the Swedish Postcode Lottery Foundation (news coming soon!)

Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · Apr 7

Happy to be co-editing with @joanbarata.bsky.social this Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance on "Human Rights and AI-Powered Content Moderation."

Deadline for submissions: 31 October 2025
Deadline of final submissions following review: 31 December 2025

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This issue deals with Human Rights and AI-Powered Content Moderation

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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · Mar 7

Happy to share my new short piece on Free Speech, Hate Speech and Positive Obligations with a focus on the recent ECtHR case of Minasyan and Others v Armenia out today in Strasbourg Observers.

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Hate Speech, Positive Obligations and Free Speech: The ECtHR’s Expanding Framework in Minasyan and Others v. Armenia (2025) - Strasbourg Observers

Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou On the 7th January 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR/Court) delivered the judgment of Minasyan and Others v. Armenia (2025). It addressed critical issues of hate s...

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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · Mar 5

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📥 Get the latest AI news and insights about its impact on free speech delivered straight to your inbox.

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Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · Feb 24

Celebrating a life. 💜 Thank god for people who make music.

Chapter Two is the second studio album by American singer Roberta Flack. It was released in 1970 by Atlantic Records.

Writer and music critic Ann Powers argued in a 2020 piece for NPR that "Flack's presence looms over both R&B and indie "bedroom" pop as if she were one of the astral beings in Ava DuVernay's version of A Wrinkle In Time." Jason King argued that she occupies a complex place in popular music, as "the nature of her power as a performer—to generate rapturous, spellbinding mood music and to plumb the depths of soulful heaviness by way of classically-informed technique—is not too easy to claim or make sense with the limited tools that we have in music criticism."

Roberta Flack died on February 24, 2025 at the age of 88.

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John O Connell @corkiejp.posts.fyi · Feb 21

When Ireland couldn't get the 'Hate Speech bill' passed into law. I predicted that they would bring into force through EU #DSA and the EU politicians where celebrating it on the anniversary of the act coming into force. See rest of this thread for more! #EUsky ...

Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · Feb 6

Happy to share my piece published on this great new initiative 'The Bedrock Principle' @futurefreespeech.org
www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/why-we-sho... about the Code of Conduct + on illegal hate speech and concerns regarding free speech.

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Why We Should Be Concerned about The “Illegal Hate Speech” Code of Conduct +

The DSA has integrated the Code+ into its framework. Will Europe's attempt to deal with online illegal hate speech undermine free expression?

Counterspeech: Was man 2025 gegen Hassrede im Internet tun kann

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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · Feb 12

Excited to have just signed the licence to publish form for the

"Companion to the European Convention on Human Rights"

edited by Kushtrim Istrefi, Zane Ratniece and Kresimir Kamber out soon by Brill. It was a huge task for the editors, expecting a great volume!

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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · Feb 12

Read our perspectives on counterspeech and online hate speech (via @mchangama.bsky.social and @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social ) in this article from @benjaminvonwyl.bsky.social www.swissinfo.ch/ger/demokrat...

Wenn Facebook und Instagram mehr Aussagen zulassen, wird das Engagement von Freiwilligen wichtiger, die auf den Hass reagieren.

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Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE) @celeup.bsky.social · Feb 7

🇪🇺 "¿El intento de Europa de abordar el 'discurso de odio ilegal' en Internet socavará la libertad de expresión?", se pregunta @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social. www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/why-we-sho...

Why We Should Be Concerned about The “Illegal Hate Speech” Code of Conduct +

The DSA has integrated the Code+ into its framework. Will Europe's attempt to deal with online illegal hate speech undermine free expression?

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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · Feb 6

My colourful collection

Why We Should Be Concerned about The “Illegal Hate Speech” Code of Conduct +

Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · Feb 6

Happy to share my piece published on this great new initiative 'The Bedrock Principle' @futurefreespeech.org
www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/why-we-sho... about the Code of Conduct + on illegal hate speech and concerns regarding free speech.

Subscribe thebedrockprinciple.substack.com

The DSA has integrated the Code+ into its framework. Will Europe's attempt to deal with online illegal hate speech undermine free expression?