Free Speech Project: Symptoms May Include Censorship

Free speech was already threatened in many parts of the world before the spread of the coronavirus, and the ensuing pandemic has provided authoritarian-leaning regimes everywhere within an excuse to silence criticism and opposition. Meanwhile, the tech companies that serve as gatekeepers to the public square find themselves navigating between the demands of these regimes and the interests of their users, and questioning whether they shouldn't exercise their own judgment in policing against misinformation.

In this conversation, Steve Coll and Andres Martinez assess the pandemic's side effects when it comes to free speech around the world.

Featuring Steve Coll, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, Staff Writer, The New Yorker and Former President and CEO, New America and Andrés Martinez, Editorial Director, Future Tense.