Free Speech

Cathy Kuhlmeier fought censorship at her Hazelwood high school in 1983 and lost. Decades later, it’s a battle she’s still fighting.

The ability to speak freely in 2021 is complicated in ways the framers of the U.S. Constitution never envisioned. In this episode, we discuss how the First Amendment applies in this brave new world and whether unpopular speech — be it a dissenting opinion, a false claim or outright hate speech — deserves protection not just from the government, but tech giants like Twitter, Facebook and Google.

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