Free Speech in the Puzzle of Content Regulation: Insights from the West and the Global South
暫譯: 內容規範中的言論自由謎題：來自西方與全球南方的洞見

Soorya Balendra is an O'Brien Graduate Fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) at McGill University, where he researches the impact of social media regulatory measures on online speech and expression. Before joining McGill, Soorya held academic positions at the University of Jaffna and the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University in Sri Lanka. He was also a non-resident fellow at The Information Society Law Center (ISLC) at the University of Milan (2021-22) and served as a Research Associate for the Digital Democracy Project at Democracy Reporting International (DRI) in 2022. His master's program at McGill is supported by the prestigious O'Brien Graduate Fellowship. Soorya has authored numerous national and international research publications on social media regulations, AI governance, and free speech online. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and is currently completing his LL.M (Thesis) at McGill.

Soorya Balendra 是麥吉爾大學人權與法律多元中心 (CHRLP) 的 O'Brien 研究生獎學金獲得者，他的研究專注於社交媒體監管措施對線上言論和表達的影響。在加入麥吉爾大學之前，Soorya 曾在斯里蘭卡的賈夫納大學和約翰·科特拉瓦爾將軍國防大學擔任學術職位。他還曾於 2021-22 年擔任米蘭大學資訊社會法律中心 (ISLC) 的非駐留研究員，並於 2022 年擔任民主報導國際 (DRI) 數位民主專案的研究助理。他在麥吉爾的碩士課程由享有盛譽的 O'Brien 研究生獎學金支持。Soorya 已發表多篇有關社交媒體監管、人工智慧治理和線上言論自由的國內外研究出版物。他擁有斯里蘭卡賈夫納大學的法學學士學位，並目前正在麥吉爾大學完成法學碩士 (論文) 的學位。