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Natalie Alkiviadou

@nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social
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Senior Research Fellow, Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University Researches & writes on free speech, hate speech, the far-right, online platforms nalkiviadou.com

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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 31/03/2026
Today, the University of Cyprus is holding an event on the Sovereign Base Areas. All speakers are male. NATALIE ALKIVIADOU asks whether there is no female expert in the field and calls for an end to these "manels" – all-male panels. verfassungsblog.de/no-more-mane...
All-male panels are no longer defensible in environments that claim to value equality, expertise and intellectual integrity.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 15/10/2025
Why does the European Court of Human Rights treat some genocide denial cases differently from others? At her book launch with @cgfoe.bsky.social, @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social explains why this matters. 📚
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Prof. Eric Heinze, author and academic @ericheinze.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
"If free speech comprises a total set of human activities, does artificial intelligence merely comprise a subset?" Many thanks to @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social and @futurefreespeech.org for inviting me to speak on this next Monday, Örebro University, Sweden: futurefreespeech.org/roundtable-o...
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Roundtable on Generative AI and Freedom of Expression - The Future of Free Speech
The roundtable will explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes freedom of expression, both as a driver of creativity and a new regulatory frontier.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 12/01/2026
At @verfassungsblog.de, @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social explores how a recent incident in Cyprus illustrates a more fundamental issue in how Europe and the European Court of Human Rights have determined whether artistic expression falls within the scope of free expression under Article 10.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 21/01/2026
The decision should be celebrated by free speech advocates, argues @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social, but it also highlights the Court's inconsistent approach to historically-charged imagery and language. Read it all at The Bedrock Principle:
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Satire, Nazi Symbols, and Consistency in Strasbourg
Why the European Court of Human Rights' judgement in Mladina d.d. Ljubljana v Slovenia (No. 2) stands out.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 20/02/2026
Is a court in Strasbourg undermining free speech protections across Europe? Following a sold-out discussion of her new book, "Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights," in London, don't miss another chance to hear @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social talk at the University of Bristol.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 23/09/2025
"By extending hate speech protection to those associated with vulnerable groups, the European Court of Human Rights risks eroding the distinction between threats directed at individuals and hate speech directed to the groups themselves." — @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social
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Blurred Lines: Death Threats, Hate Speech, and the European Court of Human Rights
A recent judgment from the European Court of Human Rights further stretches the boundaries of hate speech under European human rights law.
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Columbia Global Freedom of Expression @cgfoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🎈Are laws on hate speech shifting in an era of political division, social media growth, and online platforms that can spark real-world violence? Join us in NYC, in person, on 10/06/2025 to discuss⏬with @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social
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Columbia Global Freedom of Expression @cgfoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
NYC lawyers + scholars: Don’t miss @futurefreespeech.org's @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social on Oct 6 at DWTLaw discussing her new book on hate speech and @echr.coe.int with leading voices in law + human rights. Register to attend⬇️ globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...
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Book launch "Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights" - Global Freedom of Expression
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-...
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Lukas Leuzinger @lukasleuzinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
"The @echr.coe.int risks becoming an engine of censorship rather than a defender of liberty." @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social criticises the case law of the Strasbourg judges on hate speech, arguing that it disproportionately restricts freedom of expression. schweizermonat.ch/the-strasbou...
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The Strasbourg Judges’ Paternalistic View on Free Speech – Schweizer Monat
The European Court of Human Rights’ Case Law on hate speech is a disproportionate restriction of the fundamental right to freedom of expression.
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Lukas Leuzinger @lukasleuzinger.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
«Der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte droht zu einer Zensurmaschine zu werden.» @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social kritisiert in ihrem Essay die restriktive und oft widersprüchliche Rechtsprechung des @echr.coe.int zur #Meinungsfreiheit: schweizermonat.ch/strassburgs-...
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Strassburgs paternalistische Sicht auf die Meinungsfreiheit – Schweizer Monat
Die Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte zu Hassrede schränkt das Recht auf freie Meinungsäusserung unverhältnismässig ein. Das war nicht immer so.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 21/07/2025
1/ ICYMI — Part 1 of @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social's blog series provides an overview of her book’s key findings. Read it here:
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Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: An Overview of My New Book
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has traditionally maintained that freedom of expression safeguards speech that may "offend, shock…
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 21/07/2025
In a 5 part series at @volokhc.bsky.social / @reason.com , @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social summarizes key findings of her latest book 🔽🧵
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Prof. Eric Heinze, author and academic @ericheinze.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Copy just arrived today. Congratulations to @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social on her new book.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 19/05/2025
Would a ban on Germany's AfD Party strengthen its democracy — or jeopardize it? Using history and human rights law, @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social and @thejustncase.net explain how this approach can backfire.
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Gavin Phillipson @prof-phillipson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I recent read this forthcoming book by @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1... It's a really forensic and detailed critique of the often unprincipled and illiberal caselaw of the European Court of Human Rights on hate speech. Essential reading if you're writing in the area.
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Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights | Natalie Alkiviado
This book argues that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should reconsider its approach to hate speech cases and develop a robust protection of freedom
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
20% off all my books (including forthcoming one on 'Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights for those who may be interested to let their institutions know :) www.routledge.com/search?kw=al...
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Happy to be co-editing with @joanbarata.bsky.social this Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance on "Human Rights and AI-Powered Content Moderation." Deadline for submissions: 31 October 2025 Deadline of final submissions following review: 31 December 2025 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Human Rights and AI-Powered Content Moderation
This issue deals with Human Rights and AI-Powered Content Moderation
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Happy to share my new short piece on Free Speech, Hate Speech and Positive Obligations with a focus on the recent ECtHR case of Minasyan and Others v Armenia out today in Strasbourg Observers. strasbourgobservers.com/2025/03/07/h...
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Hate Speech, Positive Obligations and Free Speech: The ECtHR’s Expanding Framework in Minasyan and Others v. Armenia (2025) - Strasbourg Observers
Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou On the 7th January 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR/Court) delivered the judgment of Minasyan and Others v. Armenia (2025). It addressed critical issues of hate s...
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 05/03/2025
Stay in the loop with .exe-pression, our monthly AI newsletter! 🤖 📥 Get the latest AI news and insights about its impact on free speech delivered straight to your inbox.
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Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Celebrating a life. 💜 Thank god for people who make music.
Chapter Two is the second studio album by American singer Roberta Flack. It was released in 1970 by Atlantic Records.

Writer and music critic Ann Powers argued in a 2020 piece for NPR that "Flack's presence looms over both R&B and indie "bedroom" pop as if she were one of the astral beings in Ava DuVernay's version of A Wrinkle In Time." Jason King argued that she occupies a complex place in popular music, as "the nature of her power as a performer—to generate rapturous, spellbinding mood music and to plumb the depths of soulful heaviness by way of classically-informed technique—is not too easy to claim or make sense with the limited tools that we have in music criticism."

Roberta Flack died on February 24, 2025 at the age of 88.
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John O Connell @corkiejp.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
When Ireland couldn't get the 'Hate Speech bill' passed into law. I predicted that they would bring into force through EU #DSA and the EU politicians where celebrating it on the anniversary of the act coming into force. See rest of this thread for more! #EUsky ...
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Excited to have just signed the licence to publish form for the "Companion to the European Convention on Human Rights" edited by Kushtrim Istrefi, Zane Ratniece and Kresimir Kamber out soon by Brill. It was a huge task for the editors, expecting a great volume!
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 12/02/2025
Read our perspectives on counterspeech and online hate speech (via @mchangama.bsky.social and @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social ) in this article from @benjaminvonwyl.bsky.social www.swissinfo.ch/ger/demokrat...
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Counterspeech: Was man 2025 gegen Hassrede im Internet tun kann
Wenn Facebook und Instagram mehr Aussagen zulassen, wird das Engagement von Freiwilligen wichtiger, die auf den Hass reagieren.
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Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE) @celeup.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🇪🇺 "¿El intento de Europa de abordar el 'discurso de odio ilegal' en Internet socavará la libertad de expresión?", se pregunta @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social. www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/why-we-sho...
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Why We Should Be Concerned about The “Illegal Hate Speech” Code of Conduct +
The DSA has integrated the Code+ into its framework. Will Europe's attempt to deal with online illegal hate speech undermine free expression?
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
My colourful collection
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Happy to share my piece published on this great new initiative 'The Bedrock Principle' @futurefreespeech.org www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/why-we-sho... about the Code of Conduct + on illegal hate speech and concerns regarding free speech. Subscribe thebedrockprinciple.substack.com
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Why We Should Be Concerned about The “Illegal Hate Speech” Code of Conduct +
The DSA has integrated the Code+ into its framework. Will Europe's attempt to deal with online illegal hate speech undermine free expression?
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 05/02/2025
A Code of Conduct for Countering "Illegal Hate Speech" has been integrated into the EU's Digital Services Act. Will Europe's attempt to deal with illegal content online undermine free expression? @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social raises some key concerns:
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Joan Barata @joanbarata.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
My @futurefreespeech.org colleague @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social has just finished a must-read book analysing the case law of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the definition and scope of the notion of #HateSpeech www.routledge.com/Hate-Speech-...
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Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights
This book argues that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should reconsider its approach to hate speech cases and develop a robust protection of freedom of expression as set out in the benchmar...
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Link to my book coming out in a few months below. For anyone who may want to recommend it to their library or anyone else www.routledge.com/Hate-Speech-...
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Humbled by the great @ericheinze.bsky.social's endorsement of my book 'Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights' coming out soon.
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Nadine Strossen's endorsement of my forthcoming book on 'Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights.' I am extremely humbled.
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Just submitted my final book draft. Out in a few months: 'Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights' to be published by Routledge. Long labour of love. Hope it is going to be useful.
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Jacob Mchangama @mchangama.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Last night @jkosseff.bsky.social and I sent the manuscript to a forthcoming trade book on The Future of Free Speech to our publisher at Johns Hopkins University Press. Thanks to the great staff @futurefreespeech.org who helped with research, esp Nick Queffurus and @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 12/12/2024
Thank you for helping us promote a resilient global free speech culture this year! Your advocacy fuels our work at the intersection of free speech & the digital age. Here's to a bright 2025 together! 🌟 In the meantime, read more about our impact in 2024: futurefreespeech.org/2024-year-in...
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Joan Barata @joanbarata.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
‪Glad to share my chapter "The Future of Free Speech: Old Threats and New Challenges" for the upcoming book "The Oxford Handbook of Hate Speech" edited by @ericheinze.bsky.social @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social Sejal Parmar and Ioanna Tourkochoriti papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Future of Free Speech: Old Threats and New Challenges
The contemporary challenges to freedom of expression are multifaceted and complex, with traditional regulatory frameworks being stretched by new dynamics in the
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I just noticed but my books are on a Black Friday sale for another day for anyone interested :) www.routledge.com/search?kw=al...
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My #website with publications for those interested in #freespeech #hatespeech the #far-right (and pictures from pretty conference places) nalkiviadou.com
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
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Joan Barata @joanbarata.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
In this new post for @celeup.bsky.social I examine how dynamics of so-called regulatory pressure may manifest in Europe, with the Digital Services Act (DSA) as a case study. What role do tensions between regulation and state pressure play in the EU? observatoriolegislativocele.com/threatening-...
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Threatening dynamics on Internet governance: the case of Europe and the Digital Services Act (DSA) - CELE
Threatening dynamics on Internet governance: the case of Europe and the Digital Services Act (DSA) As part of their research on the topic, CELE has characterized a threat of regulation as “any kind o...
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 18/11/2024
Stay up to date with the latest research and commentary about global free speech in the digital age. The Future of Free Speech scholars and staff are on BlueSky. Follow us all here:
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Wonderful to have presented our @futurefreespeech.org work at Florida State University Constitutional Law Collloquium on a panel with the great Prof. Norton
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