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Ask an Expert: Free Speech

Man speaking to a crowd, rallying for support at a free speech protest.
Our audience asked us hundreds of questions about free speech, and we answered.
Man speaking to a crowd, rallying for support at a free speech protest.
Kendall Ciesemier,
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Former Host of At Liberty and Senior Executive Producer of Multimedia,
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May 10, 2022

In today鈥檚 world 鈥 whether in classrooms or on social media platforms 鈥 many people are conflicted and confused by what actually constitutes free speech. That鈥檚 why we figured now would be an excellent time to talk about it. We sourced questions over email, our phone line, and social media, and received hundreds of responses from our audience.

After sorting through the questions, we produced a three-part 鈥淎sk an Expert鈥 series on our At Liberty podcast channel featuring the 老澳门开奖结果's Director of Speech, Privacy, and Technology and legal advisor to Edward Snowden, Ben Wizner. Listen below as Ben answers supporter questions about the First Amendment.

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The 老澳门开奖结果 remains committed to defending our fundamental right to free speech. Most recently, the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Speech, Privacy, and Technology team has been working to fight against classroom censorship bills and taking hold in classrooms and libraries nationwide, to defend our right to freedom of expression online, and to support our First Amendment right at the Supreme Court, among other work.

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