Julian Adorney
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Censorship and the Ratchet Effect: Threats to Free Speech Outlast Supposed Crises
Late last year, YouTube announced plans to reinstate accounts that had been banned at the behest of the Biden Administration…
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Hashtag Handcuffs: The Global Rise of Online Speech Policing
In November, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung launched a crackdown on so-called hate speech online, claiming that such speech “crosses…
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Gen Z Blames Capitalism, But We Chose the Cage That Traps Us
Capitalism as an ideology is on the ropes, especially among young people. A troubling 2025 Cato survey found that 62…
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Pam Bondi is Wrong: Hate Speech Is Free Speech
Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi went on The Katie Miller Show and claimed that the First Amendment does not…
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From the ‘Banter Bill’ to Bias Hotlines: The Alarming Rise of Snitch Networks
A troubling new piece of legislation continues to make its way through the British parliament. Dubbed the “Banter Bill,” the…
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War on Words: The ‘Free Speech Recession’ Is Not Over
I recently had the pleasure of reading War On Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech — And Why They Fail,…
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On Immigration and Free Speech, Many Miss the Bigger Picture
Last month, Australian writer Alistair Kitchen was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CPB) when he flew from Melbourne to…
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How Racism Was Redefined—and Turned into a Political Cudgel
Joseph (Jake) Klein’s book Redefining Racism dives deep into a narrow slice of the history of the Social Justice Fundamentalism…
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1984’s New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity
1984 is back in the news. Orwell’s estate recently authorized a 75th anniversary edition of the timeless classic, with a…
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What’s Driving Bipartisan Cancel Culture (And How Do We Get Out)?
Cancel culture, it seems, is alive and well on the right. A Bruce Springsteen cover band called No Surrender was…
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