This Is How Free Speech Dies - Clare Daly & Andrew Lowenthal

Clare Daly is an Irish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She was a member of Independents 4 Change, affiliated with The Left group. Since 2024, she has been actively involved in Irish politics.

Andrew Lowenthal is an independent writer, researcher, and digital-rights specialist focused on digital authoritarianism, misinformation, and civil liberties. He co‑founded and led the Asia‑Pacific nonprofit EngageMedia for nearly eighteen years, has been a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center and MIT’s Open Documentary Lab, and currently heads liber‑net, a digital civil‑liberties initiative.

Thanks MEP Ondřej Dostál for organising the event and inviting me to co-host!