A close advisor to the prime minister of Ethiopia – the world’s 12th most populous country – used an extreme, textbook example of dangerous speech, calling for the Tigray people to be wiped from the face of the earth and from history.
Read MoreU.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) spoke out against dangerous speech, violence, and lies – and was punished by her colleagues as a result.
Read MoreOn the second anniversary of the Christchurch Call to Action, the members of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network recommit to the initiative, while calling for greater engagement with civil society from governments and companies
Read MoreToday Facebook’s Oversight Board correctly upheld the company’s decision to suspend Donald Trump from its platforms, but disappointingly relied only on a narrow basis that was different from the obvious and vital one: inciting violence.
Read MoreAlthough Trump remains banned from Facebook and Twitter, Trump-ism is far from gone. The greatest, lasting damage his rhetoric did was not the January 6 riot –- awful as it was — but rather the impression he has left upon so many well-intentioned Americans that he remains a necessary, even God-ordained defender of their faith and values.
Read MoreIt was a watershed when Donald Trump lost his social media megaphone on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms right after…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s lawyers tried to defend him against charges of inciting the Capitol riot by arguing that many Democrats have used similar language, including the word “fight”. But it’s not the same.
Read MoreOriginally published in IntLawGrrls. Susan Benesch is an American journalist and scholar of speech who is known for founding the Dangerous…
Read MoreAs a matter of symbolism, the January 6th attack dealt an immeasurable blow to democracy, one that will galvanize violent white supremacists for generations to come.
Read MoreAwful though it was that thugs smashed their way into the Capitol last week, it might do the United States good in the end.
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