Rethinking Free Speech In the Age of Social Media and Campus Protests

Clashes over free expression haunt public debates from pro-Palestinian protests to attempts to regulate social media. Free speech defenders present it as a single, simple principle castigating others for being inconsistent, self-interested and cowardly. In this talk, political theorist Peter Ives argues that we must rethink the concept, distinguishing different principles and goals that underlie common assumptions. We need to understand the difference between legal rights and communicative ideals, between academic freedom and free expression, the different legal terrains of the US and Canada, and the nature of our new spheres of discussion on social media.

Professor Ives will be in coversation with Dr. Adel Iskandar and Dr. Zoe Druick

Free and open to the public!

Refreshments will be provided and books will be available at the talk

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