Monthly Archives: August 2011

Wrestling with Fighting Talk

My inaugral post on Labour List (cross-posted here) elicited a few responses which highlight some subtlties in the ongoing discussion around the limits of free speech – specifically, the point at which it is appropriate for the state to ban … Continue reading

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Putting the Power of Censorship in the Hands of the Mob

Cameron’s suggestion that we censor social media, and the Labour call for the banning of this EDL event, will hamstring the fight for free expression elsewhere: “You do it, so why shouldn’t we?” Continue reading

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On the Censorship of Social Media

An English PEN commentary on the idea that social media could be temporarily shut down in response to the #UKriots. We wrote lots of tweets on the issue, collected here. Following the appalling riots throught the UK over the past … Continue reading

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BBC Accused of Selective Editing

During Tuesday’s edition of Newsnight, hosted by Gavin Esler, one of the studio interviewees accused the BBC of selective editing. The prgramme can be viewed online via the BBC iPlayer (available until 16th August).  In a debate about why young … Continue reading

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Can Publishing Be a Form of Fact-Checking?

For citizen bloggers, publishing a claim online carries the implicit (and often explicit) request – “please help me verify”. Continue reading

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Debating Breivik’s Manifesto

The audio of my appearance on UCB Radio Continue reading

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On Linking To Your Enemies

A a failure to link properly looks a bit sly and scheming. Let’s leave the obfuscation and misdirection to the newspapers. Continue reading

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