Free Speech

9 stories about Free Speech
Jimmy Wales Wikipedia

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales on online toxicity, Musk, and the battle for internet accuracy

21.11.22|James Spiro
“I sent Musk an email offering help, I am happy to give him some thoughts,” Wales told CTech.
נדב שובל OpenWeb אופן ווב ממייסדי החברה והמנכ"ל

OpenWeb: “We do the dirty job of the internet - we clean it”

28.02.22|James Spiro
The Israeli unicorn uses machine learning and AI to detect hate speech in internet comment sections while promoting healthy conversations
Assaf Lev Dave Rubin

Locals.com and the move to an ‘Ownership Economy’

15.12.21|James Spiro
Dave Rubin’s new platform aims to help level the playing field for content creators who feel silenced by Big Tech
Hate Speech

“A coalition of hate”: The online extremists that are testing Big Tech

15.01.21|James Spiro
Hate speech has been bubbling on social media and the internet for decades - but it all came to a climax this month at the heart of America’s democracy
Big Tech Breakup

Can, or should, Facebook be broken up?

16.12.20|James Spiro
After 46 US States took the social media giant to court over antitrust laws, CTech spoke with M. Firon & Co.’s head of the Competition, Antitrust and Regulatory Affairs to discuss its future
בית כנסת ברחובות עם מחיצות בידוד

Yom Kippur marks the Jewish holiday of free speech

27.09.20|Dov Greenbaum
As legislators in the U.S. aim to withdraw protections from social media platforms, the Jewish Day of Atonement offers a chance to reflect on how to restrain offensive speech, through regulations that ultimately promote free speech
נשיא ארה"ב דונלד טראמפ אסיפת בחירות ניו המפשייר אוגוסט 2019

Defund Censorship! Canceling Trump on Twitter could end up canceling Twitter

12.06.20|Dov Greenbaum
Social media platforms might be better off turning a blind eye to some unverified f@cts spewed by politicians to avoid having to set up pricy all-encompassing fact-checking mechanisms or face potential claims of bias
רופא שיניים ילד

How Netflix’s Quarrel With Dentists Reflects on the First Amendment

15.02.19|Dov Greenbaum
As U.S. dentists accuse Netflix of spreading misinformation on root canals in a recent documentary, researcher Dov Greenbaum discusses whether filmmakers should be held responsible for bad science
ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו נואם ב או"ם ניו יורק

Bill to Remove Online Incitement Is Undemocratic, Israel's Government Watchdogs Warn

13.07.18|Omer Kabir
The legislation, known as the “Facebook bill,” is expected to come up for a vote before Israel’s parliament next week