Freedom of expression online

Inquiry by the Communications and Digital Committee, 29 October 2020 to 27 October 2022. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

1st Report - Free for all? Freedom of expression in the digital age (22 July 2021)
Government response to the Committee's report "Free for all? Freedom of expression in the digital age" (1 November 2021)

Evidence sessions

24 November 2020: Ayishat Akanbi; Dr Jeffrey Howard, UCL Department of Political Science
1 December 2020: Benedict Evans; Mark Scott, Politico
8 December 2020: Article 19
8 December 2020: Index on Censorship; Global Partners Digital
19 January 2021: Dr David Erdos, University of Cambridge; Dr Edina Harbinja, Aston University
19 January 2021: Lord Williams of Oystermouth
2 February 2021: Louise Perry, Freelance; Dr Fiona Vera-Gray, Department of Sociology, Durham University
2 February 2021: Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge; Dr Sharath Srinivasan, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
9 February 2021: MS Seyi Akiwowo, Glitch; Kenny Ethan Jones
9 February 2021: Wikipedia
23 February 2021: Professor Sandra Wachter, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Professor Carissa Véliz, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for Ethics in AI, Hertford College, University of Oxford
23 February 2021: Dr Lucas Graves, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Full Fact
2 March 2021: Professor Damien Geradin, Geradin Partners; Professor Damien Geradin, Tilburg University; Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
2 March 2021: Alan Rusbridger; Kate Klonick, School of Law, St John's University
9 March 2021: Open Rights Group; Society for Civil Rights
9 March 2021: Mr Graham Linehan; Ms Helen Staniland
16 March 2021: DMG Media; DMG Media; Guardian Media Group; Guardian News & Media
16 March 2021: Renate Künast MP (German Bundestag), Alliance 90/The Greens
23 March 2021: Ross LaJeunesse, Google; David Kaye, University of California, Irvine
23 March 2021: Professor Penney Lewis, Law Commission; Dr Nicholas Hoggard, Law Commission
13 April 2021: Professor Lorna Woods, School of Law, University of Essex; Professor Andrew Murray, The London School of Economics and Political Science
13 April 2021: Competition and Markets Authority; Competition and Markets Authority
20 April 2021: Chi Onwurah, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Robert Colvile, Centre for Policy Studies
20 April 2021: Senator Marsha Blackburn, US Senate
20 April 2021: College of Policing
27 April 2021: David Shelley, Hachette UK; Clare Alexander, Aitken Alexander Associates
27 April 2021: Twitter; Facebook
11 May 2021: Google; Microsoft
11 May 2021: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
13 May 2021: Snap Inc; TikTok