Should the US government censor hate speech? Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law at New York Law School and author of HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, explains why free speech is enshrined in US law and why censoring hate speech actually does more harm than good.
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Learn more about Nadine Strossen:
https://www.nyls.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/faculty_profiles/nadine_strossen/
Related links:
HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/HATE-Should-Resist-Censorship-Inalienable/dp/0190859121
Free Speech vs. Hate Speech
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/01/616085863/free-speech-vs-hate-speech
Differing views:
Free speech or censorship? Social media litigation is a hot legal battleground
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/social-clashes-digital-free-speech
ACLU: Speech On Campus
https://www.aclu.org/other/speech-campus
In the Age of Social Media, Expand the Reach of the First Amendment
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-ongoing-challenge-to-define-free-speech/in-the-age-of-socia-media-first-amendment/
