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New Hate Speech Laws Threaten Freedom Across the West
New Hate Speech Laws Threaten Freedom Across the West
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Those fighting censorship in Canada, or Britain, or Ireland, wish they had a First Amendment to fall back on.
By Rupa Subramanya
03.06.24 — U.S. Politics
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New Hate Speech Laws Threaten Freedom Across the West

One of the first things you learn—or should learn—in Civics 101 is that there is no freedom at all without freedom of expression. Free speech is the essential freedom from which our other rights flow. It’s a right that we have taken for granted in the West. 

But a new wave of hate speech laws has changed that. In English-speaking countries with long trad…

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Rupa Subramanya

Rupa Subramanya is a writer based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post.

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