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UK Proposes Social Media Ban for Under-16s & Anthropic Pulls Plug on AI Models After U.S. Order | The Free Flow 6/18/26
This Week at a Glance 🔎
— 🇺🇲 Anthropic Pulls Plug on New AI Models after U.S. Order
— 🇨🇦 Canada Proposes Ban on Social Media for Under-16s
— 🇬🇧 UK Proposes Social Media Ban for Under-16s
— 🇮🇳 Mumbai Mayor Calls for Ban on St...
The UK's Social Media Ban Builds on A Shaky Age-Verification Foundation
The United Kingdom announced this week that it plans to ban certain social media sites for all children under 16 years old. Although framed as a child-protection measure, the proposal would affect far more than teenagers. By requiring intru...
The JAWBONE Act Would Create A Strong Remedy Against Government Speech Interference
For the past few years, one of the most contentious issues in the online speech world is “jawboning,” or government pressure on companies to censor certain speech. Although jawboning has typically been associated with pressure on social med...
Marcus Aurelius Had Thicker Skin than Friedrich Merz
Originally published on my personal Substack.
Last week, a German man was fined 30 daily income units for calling Chancellor Friedrich Merz a “Lying Fritz” on Facebook. He was not alone. When the Heilbronn police published a Facebo...
Journalists Arrested at Newark ICE Protests & China Represses Tiananmen Square Remembrances | The Free Flow 6/11/26
This Week at a Glance 🔎
— 🇺🇸 Trump Seeks to Revive $475M Defamation Suit Against CNN
— 🇬🇧 White House Opposes UK Social Media Ban for Under-16s
— 🇨🇳 China Suppresses Tiananmen Square Anniversary Remembrance
— 🇩🇪 German Court...
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The Future of Free Speech is an independent, non-partisan think tank located at Vanderbilt University. We work to restore a resilient global culture of free speech in the digital age through knowledge, research, and advocacy.
Casado com a Celma, pai da Camile e da Jasmine. Engenheiro Civil (UTFPR), MA em Estudos Católicos (Franciscan University of Steubenville). Diretor no Instituto Sivis e cofundador do Virtuar.
Managing Editor, The Bedrock Principle | Comms Director, The Future of Free Speech | Editor, The JusTN Case
Internet Policy Counsel at TechFreedom.
CEO of The Future of Free Speech, research professor at Vanderbilt University. Senior Fellow at FIRE. Author of "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media", host of the podcast "Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech".
Jordi is a Senior Research Fellow at The Future of Free Speech, where he focuses on AI and social media governance. He has a decade of experience at the OECD and law firms. Jordi holds advanced degrees from Harvard and the College of Europe.
Isabelle Anzabi is a Research Associate at The Future of Free Speech, analyzing the intersections between AI policy and freedom of expression. She has a background in digital rights policy with a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University.
Natalie is Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Free Speech project. She has published monographs and in a wide range of peer reviewed journals on free speech, hate speech and the far-right.
Law and policy | interests in platform, media and AI regulation, protest and international law
Senior Legal Fellow at The Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt https://taplink.cc/futurefreespeech
Communications Coordinator @ The Future of Free Speech
Not quite daily... definitely Bella.
PhD Candidate in Political Science and researcher at Sivis Institute
Economics and Data Science student at Vanderbilt University. Writer at The Cambridge Blockchain Society, The Future of Free Speech, & The Vanderbilt Hustler. Interested in international business, entertainment, and economic inclusion.
Audrey Campbell is a rising senior at American University's School of International Service. She is passionate about all things writing and global affairs. She is currently a Communications Intern with The Future of Free Speech.
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