Has the US cancelled free speech?

10/08/2025 24 min
Has the US cancelled free speech?

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Several groups of professors in the United States are suing the Trump administration over its policy of arresting, detaining, cancelling visas, and deporting students who participate in pro-Palestinian advocacy. The crackdown on free speech is creating a chilling effect across US academia, argues Jamil Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which is one of the organisations that brought the lawsuit.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support.

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