Library of Congress Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series

The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series is designed to explore current research and "hot topics" in the realm of foreign and comparative law.  This weeks topic is Free Speech and the Regulation of Social Media in Egypt and Pakistan

This Thursday, September 23 at 2:00 PM EDT, join foreign legal specialists Tariq Ahmad and George Sadek for the next installment of our Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, this time focusing on Free Speech and the Regulation of Social Media in Egypt and Pakistan. 

In recent years, there has been an increased global focus on the governmental responses to the dissemination of hate speech and false information online. This webinar will focus on current and proposed legal frameworks for regulating unlawful/harmful speech on social media platforms in Egypt and Pakistan. The presenters will address the obligations (e.g. content removal) and liabilities of social media companies, the criminalization of certain online content, and the free speech implications for these limitations on online platforms. 

Register here.