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2023: This year in blasphemy
Another bleak entry in this annual series.
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Sarah McLaughlin

December 2022

2022: This Year in Blasphemy
The world isn’t safe for blasphemers.
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August 2022

Stupid Games, Stupid Prizes
Salman Rushdie and the less known blasphemers
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January 2022

April 2021

The power — and carelessness — of film
“Everyone had a piece of me.
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Sarah McLaughlin

December 2020

2020: Another Year of Blasphemy
Last year ended on a dark note for blasphemers.
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November 2020

Free speech update: Social media censorship and more blasphemy
It’s been a month or so since the last free speech update, so it’s time for another overview of recent free speech news.
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Sarah McLaughlin

October 2020

How are we still getting blasphemy so wrong?
In the aftermath of Samuel Paty’s beheading and a violent attack in Nice leaving three dead, there has been plenty of commentary about who is to blame…
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Free speech update: Another round of blasphemy
Charlie Hebdo (again)
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September 2020

Free speech update: The good, the bad, and the Charlie 
Charlie Hebdo reprints Muhammad cartoons
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August 2020

Twitter, more speech, and mobs
Ask the average free speech advocate for the solution to offensive speech, and they’ll likely tell you: more speech.
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The NBA, the NFL, and the mixed messages we send about sports and activism
The fundamental problem most people have with free expression is pretty simple: It’s usually far easier to defend, and demand public acceptance for, the…
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