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The Radical Case for Free Speech
If you read certain columnists or follow a particular set of writers and pundits on social media—including me—you know that the First Amendment is always in crisis. Nearly every incursion, whether it’s the shouting down of a conservative speaker on a college campus or an alleged incident of hate speech, gets shoved into a civil-liberties outrage machine, generating new cycles of vitriol and pushback. And yet the resulting debates, on op-ed pages and elsewhere, can feel strangely abstract and academic.
A Progressive City Debates Crime
Plus: One moment that could have weakened Donald Trump’s influence
Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.
Question of the Week
Donald Trump is guilty of deplorable actions, under indictment for multiple crimes, and yet remains the most popular
End of 2023 will see debates on EU, national budgets – EURACTIV.com
After a period of calm following the Coronavirus pandemic, the topic of EU public finances is back on the table and will likely liven up the last months of 2023, with heated debates over EU and national budgets.
From the proposed review of the Union’s long-term budget to the bloc’s fiscal rules reform, there is much to discuss, with little agreement among national governments, the European Commission, and the European Parliament.
EU budget’s woes
Stretched to its limit by the
The Public Debates Worth Witnessing
Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.
Last week, I asked readers what subject they would want to see debated and who the participants would be.
Replies have been edited for length and clarity.
J.E. wants a prominent current or former tech executive to face a critic:
… Read moreI’d have Mark Zuckerberg or Sheryl Sandberg
Joe Rogan, RFK Jr., and the Debates Worth Having
Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.
Question of the Week
If you could set up a debate between any two figures on any subject––and could be guaranteed that tens of millions of Americans would watch––what proposition would you want debated and who would argue each side?
The podcast host Joe Rogan made news
Why the lab-leak and mask debates are such a disaster
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In the past few weeks, the conventional wisdom about COVID seems to have been upended.
Early in the pandemic, several mainstream news outlets dismissed theories that COVID came from a Chinese lab. But recently The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported that the Department of
DSA/DMA parliamentary debates, new SCCs, copyright earmarked – EURACTIV.com
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.
“We need to prevent “dark patterns”. The Commission should be able to assess algorithms and impose measures in case a service does not respect fundamental rights.”
-Christel Schaldemose, Rapporteur for the Digital Services Act (DSA)
Story of the week: MEP Christel Schaldemose presented her draft report on the Digital Services Act to the European Parliament’s Internal Market