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Jacob Mchangama
Lawyer, Human-Rights Advocate, and Author
Jacob Mchangama is a lawyer, human-rights advocate, author, podcast host, and founder and executive director of the think tank Justitia. He has written about free speech and human rights in outlets including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy. He is the creator of the podcast Clear and Present Danger: a history of free speech and author of the 2022 book Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media.
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Germany built aggressive systems to combat hate speech, but the line between defending democracy and undermining it may be beginning to blur.
Although saying the wrong thing could often get you killed in ancient civilizations, history shows that the ideal of free speech has deep roots.