Free Speech Dispatch
The Free Speech Dispatch is a regular series covering new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers better understand the global context of free expression.
Global Censorship Reports
Studying Abroad, Speaking Out: How U.S. Universities Approach Expression in Study Abroad Programs
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Each year, hundreds of thousands of students studying abroad must carefully consider the possibility that their destination country could operate under very different rules regarding freedom of expression.
Memory-holed: Universities and Internet Speech
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Because of the pandemic, universities have been forced to contend with questions about maintaining academic freedom while teaching to online students across borders.
Tracker: University Responses to Chinese Censorship
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See FIRE's tracking of colleges' and universities' responses to Hong Kong National Security Law and other Chinese censorship efforts in education.
More by Sarah McLaughlin, FIRE's Senior Scholar for Global Expression
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