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What the First Amendment really says – 4 basic principles of free speech in the US

  • Written by Lynn Greenky, Associate Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University
imageA protection that is, at least in this Philadelphia park, carved in stone.Zakarie Faibis via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Elon Musk has claimed he believes in free speech no matter what. He calls it a bulwark against tyranny in America and promises to reconstruct Twitter, which he now owns, so that its policy on free expression “matches the law...

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