Social Media and Free Speech: Comparing Global Approaches to Regulation

Between August 4 and 8, 2025, an interdisciplinary working group came together at CAIS for a five-days workshop to explore how online speech can be regulated in ways that respect democratic values - across different cultural and national contexts. Focusing on Germany, the USA, and Brazil, the group conducted a comparative discourse analysis of media narratives around social media regulation. [original post]

It’s been a fantastic, productive, and intensive five days of hard work with talented colleagues, joining forces to push forward an extremely timely and relevant research agenda. 

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As organisers of this working group, Jens Pohlmann and I extend our heartfelt thanks to our brilliant colleagues Yasmin Curzi, André Ramiro and Dennis Redeker for their commitment and collaborative work over