PickVidsBest Free speech, censorship & civil liberties Videos
The 104 Free speech, censorship & civil liberties videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 1 intermediate, 103 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include PowerfulJRE, TED, Talks at Google.
Republic, Lost | Lawrence Lessig | Talks at Google
Lawrence Lessig's Talks at Google presentation based on his book Republic, Lost, arguing that money in politics corrupts Congress and eroded public trust, and outlining what could be done about it.
Christopher Hitchens - Free Speech
Christopher Hitchens delivers a speech defending freedom of speech, including the right of audiences to hear offensive speakers and a take on the fire-in-a-crowded-theatre line.
We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim | Lawrence Lessig
In this TED talk, Lawrence Lessig argues that American politics is corrupted by Congress's dependence on funding from a tiny fraction of citizens.
28c3: The coming war on general computation
Cory Doctorow's 28c3 keynote argues that the copyright wars were just a skirmish and that the real fight will be a war on the general-purpose computer.
Joe Rogan Experience #1258 - Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde & Tim Pool
A three-hour-plus Joe Rogan podcast with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, policy lead Vijaya Gadde and journalist Tim Pool.
Copying Is Not Theft - Official Version
Nina Paley's one-minute animated free culture anthem with vocals by Connie Champagne, arguing that copying is not theft.
Civil War General-Purpose Computing | Cory Doctorow | Talks at Google
Cory Doctorow's Talks at Google lecture on the coming civil war over general-purpose computing.
"Two incompatible sacred values in American universities" Jon Haidt, Hayek Lecture Series
Jonathan Haidt's Hayek Lecture at Duke argues American universities pursue two potentially incompatible sacred values, truth and social justice.
James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)
The 1965 Cambridge Union debate between James Baldwin and William F.
Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism
Channel 4 News's full interview with Jordan Peterson, in which Cathy Newman presses him on the gender pay gap, patriarchy, campus protests and postmodernism.
ADL's Never Is Now 2019 | ADL International Leadership Award Presented to Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen's speech accepting the ADL International Leadership Award, in which he criticizes social media companies for amplifying hate and propaganda.
The Alt-Right Playbook: Control the Conversation
Innuendo Studios' video from the Alt-Right Playbook series on how bad-faith actors control the conversation through debate tactics and moving goalposts.
29C3 Panel: Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake, William Binney on whistleblowing and surveillance
A 29C3 panel with whistleblowers Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake and William Binney.
James Baldwin vs William F Buckley: A legendary debate from 1965
The 1965 Cambridge Union debate between James Baldwin and William F.
Slavoj Žižek + Paul Holdengräber "Surveillance and whistleblowers" - International Authors' Stage
Slavoj Zizek and Paul Holdengraber discuss surveillance and whistleblowers at the International Authors' Stage, ranging over Snowden, Assange, Pussy Riot and humor.
Stephen Fry on the Joys of Swearing
A short clip of Stephen Fry defending swearing as a rich and essential part of the English language and rejecting the idea that it is unnecessary.
Astroturf and manipulation of media messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada
Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson explains how astroturf, fake grassroots campaigns funded by corporate or political interests, manipulates media messages.
China & Uighurs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the Chinese government's treatment of the Uighur people, covering the human rights abuses in Xinjiang and why they deserve attention.
J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints
A roughly 90-minute video essay by ContraPoints on J.K.
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | full movie (2014)
The full documentary 'The Internet's Own Boy' about programmer and activist Aaron Swartz, with interviews with family, friends and internet figures.
Abolish Copyrights and Patents? A Soho Forum Debate
A Soho Forum debate in which patent lawyer Stephan Kinsella argues for abolishing copyright and patents against law professor Richard Epstein.
I made a talking banana
A maker builds a talking banana that reads YouTube and Twitch comments aloud on stream, then fights viewers who abuse it with profanity.
youtube YouTube Stewart Lee 9 Political Correctness 41st Best Stand Up ever
A nine-minute Stewart Lee stand-up routine about political correctness and the claim that it has gone mad.
Raiden Warned About AI Censorship - MGS2 Codec Call (2023 Version)
A fan-made Metal Gear Solid 2 codec call using AI voice synthesis, in which the Colonel warns Raiden about using AI to censor the internet and enforce digital ID.