Tag Archives: Expression

New York State Law Now Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Gender Expression

The laws of New York state have protected workers from discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity and gender expression since 2016, thanks to regulations issued by the state’s Division of Human Rights (DHR). New York City’s antidiscrimination … Continue reading

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Teaching Freedom of Expression Without Frontiers

“Developed by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression with partners from around the world, Freedom of Expression Without Frontiers offers academic and training resources on the laws, institutions and actors that have founded a global system of freedom of expression and … Continue reading

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Cohen v. California — Freedom of Expression Protects Offensive Words

In Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment prohibits states from criminalizing the public display of a single four-letter expletive, without a more specific and compelling reason than a general tendency to disturb the … Continue reading

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Expression on the Corporate Web: 2018 Year in Review

If 2017 was the year that corporate platforms were finally forced to recognize their outsized role on the Web, then 2018 should be remembered as the year that many such platforms began to reckon with it. From Facebook finally instituting … Continue reading

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ECtHR rules that prohibiting linking to defamatory content might be freedom of expression violation: what implications (if any) for copyright?

Kat licknkingCan linking to protected content be considered an infringement of IP rights, at certain conditions? As far as copyright is concerned, this is a question that – further to the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European … Continue reading

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