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Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss
Episode: Matt Taibbi on the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex
Description: In the past few weeks, there’s been an increasing number of threats to freedom of speech around the world.In France, authorities arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for failing to adequately moderate content and prevent criminal activity on his platform. In the UK, since the outbreak of anti-immigration riots, police have arrested individuals merely for posting comments online. The Labour-led government has suggested expanding measures to remove “legal but harmful” content. In Brazil, President Lula’s administration has proposed new regulations requiring social media comp...