Free Speech in the Digital Age

This collection of thirteen new essays is the first to examine, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, how the new technologies and global reach of the Internet are changing the theory and practice of free speech. The rapid expansion of online communication, as well as the changing roles of government and private organizations in monitoring and regulating the digital world, give rise to new questions, including: How do philosophical defenses of the right to freedom of expression, developed in the age of the town square and the printing press, apply in the digital age? Should search engines be covered by free speech principles? How should international conflicts over online speech regulations be resolved? Is there a right to be forgotten that is at odds with the right to free speech? How has the Internet facilitated new speech-based harms such as cyber-stalking, twitter-trolling, and revenge porn, and how should these harms be addressed?The contributors to this groundbreaking volume include philosophers, legal theorists, political scientists, communications scholars, public policy makers, and activists.

Table of Contents:
Introduction - Susan J. Brison and Katharine GelberChapter 1: Digital Dualism and the 'Speech as Thought' Paradox - Katharine Gelber, Susan BrisonChapter 2: Search Engines and Free Speech Coverage - Robert Simpson, Heather WhitneyChapter 3: Cyber Harassment and Free Speech: Drawing the Line Online - James WeinsteinChapter 4: Recipes, Plans, Instructions and the Free Speech Implications of Words that Are Tools - Frederick SchauerChapter 5: Free Speech Categories in the Digital Age - Ashutosh BhagwatChapter 6: Privacy, Speech and Digital Imagination - Robert PostChapter 7: Why Combatting Online Abuse is Good for Free Expression - Danielle Keats CitronChapter 8: 'Not Where Bodies Live': The Abstraction of Internet Expression - Mary Anne FranksChapter 9: Demographics, Design and Free Speech: How Demographics Have Produced Social Media Optimized for Abuse and the Silencing of Marginalized Voices - Soraya ChemalyChapter 10: Unmasking Hate on Twitter: Disrupting Anonymity by Tracking Trolls - Diana Ascher, Safiya NobleChapter 11: Online Dating Sites as Public Accommodations: Facilitating Racial Discrimination - Sonu BediChapter 12: The Meaning of Silence in Cyberspace: The Authority Problem and Online Hate Speech - Alexander BrownChapter 13: Regulating Online Speech: Keeping Humans, and Human Rights, at the Core - Dinah PoKempner

About the Author :
Susan J. Brison is Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values and Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. Katharine Gelber is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Queensland and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia.Contributors:Diana L. AscherSonu Bedi Ashutosh Bhagwat Susan J. Brison Alexander Brown Soraya Chemaly Danielle Keats Citron Mary Anne Franks Katharine Gelber Safiya Noble Dinah PoKempner Robert C. Post Frederick Schauer Robert M. Simpson James Weinstein Heather M. Whitney

Review :
This is a valuable book. Not least because of the quality of research contained in each chapter, both philosophical and applied. But also, and perhaps more significantly, for what it achieves by putting these scholars in conversation both with the extant literature and with the fast-moving world-changing forces of the digital age.