Free Speech in the Age of Social Media
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If the First Amendment’s protections against government intrusion are a core tenet of American democracy, what happens when the chief regulators of speech are private technology companies? What is protected, who gets to decide, and what are the implications for our democracy?
Speakers
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Jonathan GreenblattCEO, Anti-Defamation League -
Vivian SchillerExecutive Director, Aspen Digital at the Aspen Institute -
Jameel JafferExecutive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia U... -
Mary Anne FranksLaw Professor, University of Miami School of Law -
Roy AustinVice President, Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel, Meta
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