Alan Rusbridger
direttore Prospect Magazine
Anya Schiffrin
School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University
Sophia Smith Galer
journalist and content creator
2025 is set to see the transatlantic gulf on how to regulate online speech become even wider. Regulators in the EU are demanding greater regulation of platforms than ever, but the US has made clear that free speech is a priority. With the news industry already in the thick of a period of rapid change, there’s a lot to unpack about the future of information, and how it’s regulated.
News institutions have suffered a brutal succession of cuts to journalist roles, as advertisers abandon mainstream news for social media. Content creators, podcasters, and independent news outlets will continue to grow their influence – with as yet, limited understanding of how the line between fact and opinion is presented or enforced.
And despite social media platforms moving away from promoting news or political content, audiences are increasingly heading to online platforms instead of news, for their information needs – spaces where accountability for the reliability of information is already often unclear.
This panel brings together three experts on news, free speech and online content to debate what all of this means for the future of online content moderation, free expression and our information ecosystem at large.
Sponsored by Oversight Board.