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Is Social Media Broken?
A discussion about fake news and free speech in the social media world.
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Social Media and the First Amendment’s Values
John Samples draws on Thomas Emerson's <em>Toward a General Theory of the First Amendment</em> to argue that social media isn't doing too badly at all.
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Democratic Culture Is More than Mere Voting
Kate Klonick argues that social media has empowered individuals to create a democratic culture that is much larger and more powerful than just what they do at the polls.
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Democracy as an Essentially Contested Concept
Will Rinehart argues that democracy remains an essentially contested concept even in the age of the internet.
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Beyond Free Speech Narrowly Considered
Mike Godwin says that free speech doesn't have to be explicitly political to make a big difference, and to be worthy of protection.