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Reporting on the New Censorship: How to Stop the Internet from Killing Free Speech
University of West Florida
Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series (Museum of Commerce, Pensacola, Florida, 02/29/2024)
02/29/2024
Abstract
The University of West Florida hosted another installment in the Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series with Alex Berenson on Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of Commerce, downtown Pensacola.
Alex Berenson was a reporter for the New York Times from 1999 to 2010. Berenson now writes the Unreported Truths Substack and has written 13 novels and three nonfiction books.
Berenson has emerged as one of the most prominent advocates of First Amendment principles against 21st-century modes of censorship. In his lecture “How to Stop the Internet from Killing Free Speech,” he told the story of his experience in the courts and what has come to light because of his case.
Berenson rose to prominence during the pandemic as a dissenter who was de-platformed by social media companies. He challenged this censorship in the courts. During discovery, evidence emerged that several federal administrative agencies had been involved in the efforts to remove his voice from the public discourse. His court victories helped pave the way for the more prominent challenge to censorship by government agencies before the Supreme Court this term in Murthy v. Missouri.
*The Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series fosters dialogue on campus and in the community about the First Amendment freedoms of religion, speech, press and association. It is made possible by a generous gift from the Jane G. and Fred K. Seligman Endowment.
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- Title
- Reporting on the New Censorship: How to Stop the Internet from Killing Free Speech
- Resource Type
- Presentation
- Event
- Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series (Museum of Commerce, Pensacola, Florida, 02/29/2024)
- Contributors
- David M Earle (Contributor) - University of West Florida, College of Arts, Social Sciences, and HumanitiesDavid P Ramsey (Contributor) - University of West Florida, College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- mp4
- Copyright
- © The University of West Florida, 2023. All Rights Reserved. Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380566197206600
- Academic Unit
- Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government ; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; English
- Language
- English