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 …
Dr Jennifer Young (University of Groningen)
Recently British school teacher Marieha Hussain discovered that a photograph of her had ‘gone viral’. In the photograph she was holding a placard depicting the British former Prime Minister Rishi …
Prof. Laura E. Little and Maxwell Klenk (Temple University School of Law)
While the First Amendment of the United States Constitution prevents the government from restricting expression based on its ideas or subject matter, …
Dr Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen)
On July 17th, the judge in Milan’s Fifth Criminal Section ordered Italian journalist Giulia Cortese to pay €5,000 in damages to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (in addition to …
A public event on humor and free speech will take place at Columbia University in New York on 25 October 2024, 2:30pm-5:30pm EDT. It will be hosted by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, …
