
The 2016 Holberg Debate with Timothy Garton Ash: "Free Speech in an Age of Diversity and Conflict"
Holberg Prize Talks
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The Importance of Public Service Broadcasting
I think we should have more of a talk in our schools, because it's a whole other way of thinking about speech. If I don't have enough to eat, what's free speech to me? And there, freedom of information is absolutely key. The money that was paid in taxes, the money that went to their government, then people get really interested. A team in Nigeria who developed a fantastic smartphone app. It takes a Nigerian central budget, breaks it down line by line to the level of a school is meant to be built here and nothing has happened.
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