Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share the video of a panel I organized on Censorship and Freedom of Expression 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 and the full panel included:

Nora Benavidez, Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Justice and Civil Rights at Free Press, leading its democracy and tech initiatives

Jameel Jaffer, 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, who is CEO of the freedom of expression organization Index on Censorship

Emma L. Briant, Visiting Associate Professor at Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, University of Notre Dame

I hope you find the video interesting and will consider sharing what I feel was an important discussion.

Best wishes,

Emma