Brandeis meets Gutenberg Vol. 2: Contemporary Threats to Free Speech, Ines Gillich, Russell Weaver, Udo Fink

The Free Speech Discussion Forum is an annual event that is designed to bring together prominent scholars from all over the world to discuss cutting-edge free speech issues. The 2021 meeting was hosted by the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.

Two major topics were discussed at the 2021 forum: Robotic Speech and Contemporary Threats to Speech. The Robotic Speech topic included examination of such things as chatbots, data-driven speech, deep fakes, and the potential for internet speech to interfere with democratic elections. The Contemporary Threats to Speech focused on a variety of topics, including the growth and power of social media platforms.

This compendium includes selected articles that were discussed at the Forum. It also honors the long-standing faculty exchange of the University of Mainz‘s School of Law and die Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

Free speech – Freedom of expression – Robotic speech – Algorithmic speech – Free press – Chatbots – Fake news