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

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What Are the Libel Laws in Europe?

In america, there are libel laws. Although you have to prove damage. And also laws about false, false advertising by companies promising things that are not truet could harm people. So why would you undermine the culture that sustains free speech by not b cancelling some one because they said something more or less outrageous twitter ad? i think it's very dangerous if you have libel laws that ar that allow the rich and the failess of the powerful to debasically shut up ordinary people when they see something at they don't like. You know, our morals evolve. And maybe in 20 years, looking back, some of the things that you complain about will say, wo you ware

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