Dear Colleagues, I am writing to share the video of a panel I organized on Censorship and Freedom of Expression <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoCX2Xy3daI> at the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit. It was an honor to discuss the increasing threats to speech in the context of autocratization alongside such esteemed speech defenders and democracy advocates in the beautiful Cambridge Union, here’s the video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoCX2Xy3daI> and the full panel included: *Nora Benavidez <https://www.linkedin.com/in/norabenavidez/>*, Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Justice and Civil Rights at Free Press, leading its democracy and tech initiatives *Jameel Jaffer <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameel-jaffer-17648426/>*, <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameel-jaffer-17648426/> who directs the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which sponsors litigation and research at the intersection of free speech and new technology *Jemimah Steinfeld <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jemimah-steinfeld-25ab03a/>*, who is CEO of the freedom of expression organization Index on Censorship *Emma L. Briant* <http://emma-briant.co.uk/>, Visiting Associate Professor at Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, University of Notre Dame I hope you find the video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoCX2Xy3daI> interesting and will consider sharing what I feel was an important discussion. Best wishes, Emma -- *Dr Emma L Briant* Visiting Associate Professor at University of Notre Dame, USA Fellow at Bard College, Human Rights Project, USA Associate at George Washington University, Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, USA Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting & Accountability, UK Affiliate at Monash University, Monash Global Peace and Security Centre, Australia Owner, Director and Consultant: Maven of Persuasion LLC LEARN MORE FROM ME: 🎓 Online course: https://www.udemy.com/course/propaganda-disinformation-level-1-beginners/?re... 📚 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dremmalbriant2459/streams 🌐 emma-briant.co.uk 🗣️ Speaking agent: Chartwell Speakers <https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/emma-briant/> 📰 Sign up for my Newsletter <https://emma-briant.co.uk/sign-up-for-important-updates/> 📘 Editor of *The Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry* (2024, with Bakir) 📘 Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *(2015) 📘 Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* (2013, with Philo and Donald) Mastodon @emmalbriant@mastodon.online Twitter @emmalbriant "I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is." - Steve Martin “Women are like teabags . We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” - Unknown