Free speech and turbulent freedom : the dangerous allure of censorship in the digital era /
"In Free Speech and Turbulent Freedom, Michael J. Glennon offers a timely and incisive response. The censors are short-sighted, he argues. Quibbling over outdated distinctions misses the real threat--which is the fusion of public and private power into a modern-day cartel able to overleap longs...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2024
New York, NY : [2024] |
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| Summary: | "In Free Speech and Turbulent Freedom, Michael J. Glennon offers a timely and incisive response. The censors are short-sighted, he argues. Quibbling over outdated distinctions misses the real threat--which is the fusion of public and private power into a modern-day cartel able to overleap longstanding constitutional safeguards. American democracy, he argues, rests on a decentralized marketplace of ideas independent of the government. In crisp, trenchant terms, Glennon shows how concrete practical concerns justify protecting admittedly harmful online speech--even speech that advocates violence or embraces hatred or apparent falsehood. The intellectual journey of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. from absolutist to skeptic, he suggests, illuminates the value of political pluralism and the perils of the censors' delusory certitude."-- |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ( xi, 278 pages) 1 online resource (xi, 278 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0197636772 0197636780 0197636799 9780197636770 9780197636787 9780197636794 |
| Access: | License restrictions may limit access |