Is It Possible to Reform Facebook and Twitter?

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CNN.com's John Sutter spoke with the founders of yage, a social media platform that allows people to voice their opinions without fear of reprisals. The site has attracted more than 100,000 followers since it was launched last month. Mc byan and Wistot say they hope others will join them in standing up for what you believe is right. They are also starting new companies as part of an anti-polarization movement.

Shermer, Weiss, and Bartning discuss: why we need the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) when we have the ACLU, the SPLC, etc.; Richard Dawkins canceled by the AHA; hate speech as violence; Liberal and Conservative attitudes toward free speech and how they shifted; private vs. public speech; government censorship vs. cancel culture; anti-Semitism on the Left and the Right; QAnon; Israel and the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestments, Sanctions); What happened at The New York Times?; why free speech is foundational to other rights; and why we need to judge people based on the content of their character and not the color of their skin (or any other immutable characteristic).