How Hate Speech Bans Are Abused By Politicians All Over the World

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You might think hate speech bans are a good idea. Think again.

Over the past two months, campuses have roiled with protests and divisive slogans about the Israel-Hamas war. In recent weeks, elite college presidents have been under fire after their widely-panned responses at the recent House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing in Washington.

As a result, some Americans are circulating an unwise—and, in the case of government actors, unconstitutional—idea: Let’s start cracking down on “hate speech.”

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