Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021<\/p>\n
While much of former President Trumps language was not traditionally presidential, it has been largely protected thanks to the First Amendment.<\/p>\n
But since the U.S. Capitol riot, Trump has been banned from many major social media sites and some right-wing apps were muzzled.<\/p>\n
While critics suggest this is a slippery slope toward total censorship of conservative thought, supporters of the restrictions argue Trumps incitement of the riot was deadly and allowing him to stoke further violence is dangerous.<\/p>\n
As social media, press freedoms and a deeply divided America collide, we revisit the question: what does the First Amendment actually protect?<\/p>\n
We sit down with national experts to analyze what freedom of speech means as Big Tech remains more powerful than ever and a new administration takes office.<\/p>\n
GUESTS<\/p>\n
RonNell Andersen-Jones, professor of law at the University of Utah and affiliated fellow at Yale Law Schools Information Society Project<\/p>\n
Jillian York, director for International Freedom of Expression at Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/p>\n
Katie Fallow, senior staff attorney at Knight First Amendment Institute<\/p>\n
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