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Archives: Freedom of speech

Guest Post — Academic Freedom Under Pressure: What Academic Publishers Can Do

Today’s post is an urgent call to push back against global trends in academic censorship and threats to free speech in scholarly communications.

  • By Ilyas Saliba, Lou Peck
  • Mar 17, 2026
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Trust and Integrity: A Research Imperative

Libraries and publishers represent the interests of thousands of authors, readers, scientists, researchers, students, and lifelong learners. Today, we stand united to face the mounting risks to public trust and the social benefit that research delivers. 

  • By Teresa Anderson, Peter Berkery, Melanie Dolechek, Andrew K. Pace, Caroline Sutton
  • Jul 9, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Taxes Clash with Free Speech in the Philadelphia Blogosphere

Philadelphia extends local small business fees to bloggers making money, arguing they are just like anyone else trying to make money in the city. But given the free speech element, they aren’t “just like anyone else.”

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 30, 2010
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Open Science Debate: Democracy or Dominance?

Can one ideologue really hijack the OSTP forum on Open Access implementation?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Dec 15, 2009
  • 25 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

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