What Are Some of the Things That You Think Silicon Valley Gets Right?

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I would agree with you in general on more speech being good and I certainly think you shouldn't be suppressing a critique of masks either for or against. But where there were efforts to suppress sort of blatant propaganda where sites with large reaches were saying okay if your kids take this they're gonna get heart attacks, that's not right. There are lines there where it's appropriate in a moment of crisis for government to act and the details matter.

Congressman Ro Khanna is an American politician, lawyer, and academic. He is currently serving as U.S. Representative for California's 17th district, including much of Silicon Valley.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ro Khanna discuss how we can protect free speech and civic agency in the age of the internet; what it would mean to have a cultural patriotism that celebrates both the tradition and the dynamism of American life; and where he stands on the debates concerning misinformation and censorship.

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