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247. Jacob Mchangama on Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

The Michael Shermer Show

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What Should We Do if Isis Comes On?

Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies are under fire for allowing hate speech. They're worried about being sued or breaking up if they don't change their policies. But there's a big difference between free speech in the U.S. and european countries. Twitter has abandoned its "judn stuart mill philosophy" to avoid legal liability.

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