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Jeff Kosseff

Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Law

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Jeff Kosseff is an associate professor of cybersecurity law at the United States Naval Academy’s Cyber Science Department. He is also a non-resident senior fellow for The Future of Free Speech. Kosseff writes about online speech, the First Amendment, and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and is the author of several books, including Liar in a Crowded Theater: Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation (2023) and The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy's Most Essential Freedom (2026).

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The cover of the book "The Future of Free Speech" by Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff, with part of the cover image pixelated, explores topics like Germany free speech in a rapidly changing world.
Books
Militant democracy or creeping illiberalism? Germany’s free speech dilemma.
Germany built aggressive systems to combat hate speech, but the line between defending democracy and undermining it may be beginning to blur.
Jacob Mchangama & Jeff Kosseff
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