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The New War on Free Speech: Why Power Turns Everyone Into a Censor

The Michael Shermer Show by Michael Shermer

May 11, 202601:19:27Science & Medicine

Free speech was supposed to be the great settled achievement of liberal democracy. Then came social media, cancel culture, campus speech battles, hate-speech laws, authoritarian tech control, and a new era of governments...

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The New War on Free Speech: Why Power Turns Everyone Into a Censor is an episode from The Michael Shermer Show by Michael Shermer. Free speech was supposed to be the great settled achievement of liberal democracy. Then came social media, ca...

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Published May 11, 2026, 01:19:27 long, audio available.

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