Defamation and the media in China. by Chen, Xiao Yan.

“…It challenges the conventional understanding that defamation litigation against the media often includes the conflicting interests of reputation and free speech, and that defamation litigation is used by the Chinese authority to suppress the media. …”
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The 'full liberty of public writers': special treatment of journalism in English law by Danbury, R, Richard Danbury

“…Two basic arguments are advanced why this is so. The first, the free speech values argument, is a consequentialist account that holds that special treatment is appropriate when (or because) institutional journalism contributes to free speech values. …”

Tolerating the terrible: censorship, speech, and foreseeable harm by Kern, A, Adam Burchfield Kern

“…</p> <p>Though this is a central question of free speech, an adequate answer has not been given. …”

Internet translation, censorship and homosexuality : translating brokeback mountain in Chinese communities by Liu, Qian

“…Chinese censorship on cultural products including translation has long been criticized as a violation of free speech and has refrained minority groups from gaining visibility and positive social perception. …”
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The 'Full Liberty of Public Writers': special treatment of institutional journalistic speech in English law by Danbury, R

“…Chapter two assumes that the provision of special treatment to institutional journalists is justified where institutional journalistic speech particularly promotes free speech values. It argues that institutional journalistic speech does indeed perform such a function, by virtue of particular characteristics it possesses, namely reach and reputation, which are employed in processes such as reporting, investigating and interrogating. …”

Malay statistical parametric speech synthesis with intelligibility improvement using artificial intelligence by Lau, Chee Yong

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Malay statistical parametric speech synthesis with intelligibility improvement using artificial intelligence by Lau, Chee Yong

“…In this study, statistical parametric speech synthesis method has been adopted using lab speech and free speech data harvested online. The intelligibility improvement has been achieved using Active Learning and Feedforward Neural Network with Back-Propagation. …”
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Harm and responsibility in hate speech by Simpson, R

“…I begin by explaining why liberals should not dismiss anti-hate speech law from the outset as an intolerable violation of free speech. My analysis of the case for anti-hate speech law is thereafter framed by two main concerns. …”

The right to speak a brand: rethinking the interaction between trade marks and freedom of expression in the age of expressive branding by Fernandez-Mora, A

“…In infringement litigation involving use of recoded (i.e. modified) marks for expressive purposes (usually for parody or commentary), invocation of free speech is understood to advance only the expressive interests of recoders. …”

Robust speaker verification system with anti-spoofing detection and DNN feature enhancement modules by Du, Steven

“…To focus on the effect of feature pre-processing, the SV system is trained using noise free speech and evaluated on noise corrupted speech. …”
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Beyond the Facebook post : a critical analysis of the online public sphere in Singapore. by Su, Dickson Bingxing.

“…Accountability is achieved by administrators to delete comments and ban inappropriate users, as well as that of the users through recourse to those who feel their right to free speech or reply is violated. In light of the dismal state of discourse currently observed on the Facebook sites of the mainstream press, the paper stresses the importance of continued engagement, vis-à-vis boycott. …”
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