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Free speech is being muzzled in America

Fares Garabet 21 September 2025
Alice Iuri

Pavel Durov: What the arrest of Telegram's CEO means for social media privacy

French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of taking Durov hostage in a bid to gain access to private communications on Telegram

Bryn Haworth 15 September 2024
With politics never far from the classroom or lecture hall, Prof. Daniel Gordon’s new book offers a historical peek into the debate on academic freedom in the US from 1915 to the present day.

New book highlights limits to academic freedom in America

With politics never far from the classroom or lecture hall, Prof. Daniel Gordon's new book offers a historical peek into the debate on academic freedom in the US from 1915 to the present day

Emad al-Ahmad 17 January 2024
People march as they gather to protest the banning of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) at Columbia University on November 20, 2023 in New York City. AFP

US universities face mounting pressure to silence pro-Palestinian voices

Several universities have banned their Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace chapters, two anti-Zionist student clubs, as donors and Congress ramp up pressure

Alfred J. Naddaff 23 December 2023
Saif Al-Abri

Islam and the Question of Free Speech

Free speech is often seen as the pillar of enlightenment, and modernity, and necessary for a healthy, democratic society; it is seen as what keeps power in check. The freedom to express with no…

Saif Al Abri 10 June 2022
Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via REUTERS

Elon Musk Isn't Buying Twitter to Defend Free Speech

Conservatives on Twitter have greeted Elon Musk as a liberator. The mega-billionaire is in the process of purchasing the social-media platform and reorienting it toward what he calls “free speech.”…

Adam Serwer 09 May 2022
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While it could be tied to military calculations related to the current US-Iran war, it also reflects a deeper struggle between two opposing regional visions

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