Talking past each other across the pond: Why discussions of online speech regulation between the US and Europe fail and what we can do about it

Academic and policy discussions concerning online speech regulation in the United States and Europe often get stuck around questions of free speech. How and why speech protection is important is both a fundamental and contested question of legal and political importance. And often, answers are based on the constitutional frame the respective actors are most familiar with. In the process, assumptions and misunderstandings abound. This project aims to explore these constitutional frames around free speech values in the United States and Europe, uncovering the underlying assumptions that create roadblocks to a more fruitful policy discussion.