Exploring Government Censorship and the Implications of Hate Speech Laws

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Exploring the effects of government censorship on individual autonomy, the chapter delves into the definition and risks of hate speech, highlighting the potential societal division and reduced resilience that may result from censoring such speech.

“…in those wretched Countries where a Man cannot call his Tongue his own, he can scarce call any Thing else his own. Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing the Freeness of Speech.” Silence Dogood, pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin, The New-England Courant, Number 49, 2-9 July 1722 Freedom of […]

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