Dilemmas of Free Expression
Emmett Macfarlane, "Dilemmas of Free Expression"
English | ISBN: 1487529295 | 2021 | 330 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1487529295 | 2021 | 330 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Free expression is under threat. Social media and "fake news," misinformation, and disinformation have prompted governments to propose new forms of regulation that are deeply challenging to free expression. Hate speech, far-right populism, campus speech debates, and censorship consistently make headlines in Canada and abroad.
Dilemmas of Free Expression offers forward-looking appraisals of ways to confront challenging moral issues, policy problems, and controversies that pay heed to the fundamental right to free expression. The essays in this volume offer timely analyses of the law, policy, and philosophical challenges, and social repercussions to our understanding of expressive freedom in relation to government obligations and public discourse.
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