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THREAD: So @vox writer @seanilling just said that ppl like me worry too much about #freespeech b/c “speech has never been freer.” Bizarre assertion in 2020. Speech was probably freer in 2005 before the "democratic recession" began, but it was certainly freer in, say, 2015. (1/65)
It’s important to address this because there’s been a trend in “nothing to see here,” thinly sourced stories claiming that nobody should really worry about free speech, Cancel Culture, or any of these themes. (2/65)
So, where to begin?
First, I'll start with the global picture, but don't worry, I'll get to my specialty, censorship in US higher education, later in this thread.
Bottomline: The situation for global #freespeech has gotten worse this year & over the past several years (3/65)
First, I'll start with the global picture, but don't worry, I'll get to my specialty, censorship in US higher education, later in this thread.
Bottomline: The situation for global #freespeech has gotten worse this year & over the past several years (3/65)
In #SDNY, Epstein dismissal-after-death proceeding begins, with US Attorney Berman in courtroom of Judge Berman (no relation). Inner City Press reported his hogging of legal meeting room innercitypress.com/mcc1epsteinsui… Now victims will speak, we'll live tweet here- thread 
@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive Judge Berman begins by questioning #Fordham prof Bruce Green's NYLJ piece, mentioned in this pre-hype #Periscope in Foley Square this morning: pscp.tv/w/1yoKMzRPVmdG…
@MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive With Judge Berman still explaining why he didn't just grant US Attorney's request to drop the prosecution after Epstein's death, yesterday Inner City Press wrote on a Washington Heights drug prosecution which was so dropped, without hearing patreon.com/posts/29470481
