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Episode 8: The hounds of God - medieval heretics and inquisitors

This Week In Free Speech with Jacob Mchangama

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What Was the Inquisition Like?

The mediaeval inquisition became a data hup, allowing inquisitors to sift through age all records. So called defenders, concealers, receivers and favorers of heretics were also treated as heretics themselves. Imagine if you were before a tribunal accused of unspecified thought crimes reported by anonymous witnesses. The accusers would have access to the gougal searches e males, text messages and facebook account of yourself,. Your family, friends and neighbors - while letting sophisticated alcruithms loose on your private life.

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