The first edition of the toolkit What’s in a Joke? Assessing Humor in Free Speech Jurisprudence (Forum for Humor and the Law / Columbia Global Freedom of Expression) is now available here:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15383543
The toolkit was …
Jacopo Menghini (PhD graduate, University of Bologna)
July 13th 2024 will be remembered as the day of the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, …
Babette De Naeyer (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
Last month, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines after declaring that Meta would stop its independent fact-checking program in the United States …
‘Cutting Edge’ is a podcast produced by the Australasian Humour Studies Network and hosted by Benjamin Nickl (University of Sydney). This week’s episode, focusing on humor and the law, features ForHum co-director Alberto Godioli as co-host, and our regular collaborator …
Dr Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen)
November 2024 was a momentous month in the world of humor and the law, as well as a mixed bag for freedom of expression. On the one hand, humorous speech (in the form of …
Dr Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool)
Last week, the High Court of Justice in London issued its summary judgment in the case of Samherji v. Odee [2024] EWHC 2892 (Ch). The case …
Dr Jennifer Young (University of Groningen)
The United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled last week that this advertisement featuring the image of comedian Fern Brady breached CAP Code (Edition 12) rule 4.1 (Harm and offence). …
On November 7th, 2024, Cartooning for Peace convened a roundtable as part of the World Forum of Democracy, which took place at the Council of Europe from Nov 6th to Nov 8th. Please find below more details about the roundtable:…
Humor is often at the center of complex legal cases and content moderation decisions regarding free speech and its limits. How can judges – or social media platforms – navigate the gray areas between satire and defamation, provocative jokes and …
