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Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recognised as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and international human rights law. Many…

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Freedom of speech

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related to Further reading · 83
Freedom of speech → Age, Alan Charles, Alexander Tsesis, American History, Anthony, Basic Books, Beyond, Biography, British, Bruylant, CA, Caroline, Cato Institute, Curtis, Cyber Rights, Defending Free Speech, Digital Age, Doomen, Duke University Press, Equality
related to Historical origins · 23
Freedom of speech → Athenian, BC, Edward Coke, England, England's Bill, English, English Declaration, Erasmus, France, Freedom, House, It, Letters, Milton, Parliament, Parliamentarians, Protestation, Restating, Right, Rights
related to External links · 21
Freedom of speech → American States, Censorship, Dahrendorf Programme, Deutsche Welle AkademieSpecial Rapporteur, Expression, Freedom, Freedom Navigator, Glance, Jeffrey Howard, March, Media Freedom Indices, Organization, OxfordIndex, PhilosophyArticle19, Speech, Speech Debate Archived, St Antony's College, Stanford Encyclopedia, Study, University
related to Freedom of information · 16
Freedom of speech → Access, Act, Alberta, As, Canada, Canadian, For, Freedom, Information, Information Act, Internet, Ontario, Privacy Act, Protection, The, Web
related to Democracy in relation to social interaction · 15
Freedom of speech → According, Alexander Meiklejohn, Emerson, Eric Barendt, For, Freedom, He, However, Meiklejohn, One, Opposition, The, Thomas, To, Western
see also · 10
Freedom of speech → Academic, CrimePirate PartyPolitical, Draw Mohammed DayFree, Freedom, GeorgiaSymbolic, Germany, Is Not, Nazi, PlatformParadox, Posten Muhammad
related to Relationship to other rights · 9
Freedom of speech → As, For, Freedom, However, It, Judith Lichtenberg, Lichtenberg, The, This
related to Content viewed as harmful and offensive · 7
Freedom of speech → Fire, In On Liberty, John Stuart Mill, Justifications, Mill, Some, This
related to As a negative right · 3
Freedom of speech → Freedom, These, This
is a · 2
Freedom of speech → feature of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation

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