Intelligence Squared
Hate Speech: American Fundamentalism v European Censorship
Last week the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the right of the hate-mongering Westboro Baptist Church to disturb the funerals of servicemen with ho...Hate speech: better American fundamentalism than European censorship Part 2
TLDR News
Are Conservatives Silenced By Social Media? Trump's Twitter, Shadow Bans & Algorithms - TLDR News
In the last week an old conversation about social media fairness as reignited, with those on the right claiming that their views are being suppressed by social media. So in this video, we investigate the claim and discover whether the...
Mr. Beat
Debs v. United States
Canton, Ohio June 16, 1918 Eugene Debs, the famous labor activist and five-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate, gives a speech, opposing World War One. He is careful with his words, for he knows that, under the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Greg Lukianoff - Unlearning Liberty
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American...
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Trump's Social Media Executive Order & Twitter Battle Explained - TLDR News
This week President Trump has been taking swings at Twitter after they started fact-checking his tweets. Trump promised big moves and an executive order to limit the power of social media sites. And... well he delivered an executive...
Step Back History
The Most Dangerous Woman in America
I often get asked who my favourite historical figure is, and I can think of no person who represented the moral endurance and strength of Emma Goldman. Let's hear her story and maybe she'll be your favourite historical figure too.
The Wall Street Journal
WSJ Tech Live Town Hall: Tech Platforms And The Power Of Persuasion
At WSJ Tech Live, David Cicilline, Josh Hawley, Microsoft's Julie Brill and Alex Stamos discuss and debate the power tech companies wield and their responsibility to users.
The Wall Street Journal
Bari Weiss and Leon Botstein on Free Speech on College Campuses
Former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss and Leon Botstein, president of Bard College, debate free thought and expression in academia and discuss whether traditional colleges are preparing students for today’s media environment.
Hip Hughes History
Should Flag Burning be Illegal?
Looking through Texas vs Johnson, we examine the Constitutional arguments for/against flag burning.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Corey Brettschneider - The Oath and The Office A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents
Corey Brettschneider, is a Professor of Political Science at Brown University, where he teaches courses in political theory and public law. He is also Professor, by courtesy, of Philosophy. He holds a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton...
The Wall Street Journal
Citizen Founder Andrew Frame on The Future of Public Safety Apps
Andrew Frame, founder and CEO of Citizen, discusses the huge rise in people monitoring crimes, protests and other happenings in their local community since the start of the pandemic and what it means for society as a whole.
TLDR News
The War Against Woke Universities: Johnson's New 'Free Speech Champion' Explained - TLDR News
In recent months the Conservative government has been keen to start what they're calling a war on woke. This culture war now appears to have reached full heat, with Number 10 announcing a new Free Speech Champion to safeguard free speech...
The Wall Street Journal
Rise Against the Machine
Multiple studies have found that machines are prone to developing biases against women and persons of color. UCLA professor Safiya Noble shares her work combating data discrimination and offers a road map for ethical technology.
The Wall Street Journal
Eric Schmidt and the 20,000 Foot View Beyond Google
Google's former chairman and CEO, Eric Schmidt, discusses how big tech can use the pandemic to reshape their fortunes and make an impact to transform healthcare and education.
The Wall Street Journal
Inside the Black Box
Algorithms are powering nearly every aspect of human life, from what we watch to how we work. A tech executive who built algorithms at YouTube predicts what comes next.
Mr. Beat
Morse v. Frederick
In the fourth episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat goes back to 2002 to look at darn high schoolers causing mischief with a banner about marijuana. Is it their First Amendment right or are they disrupting school? Joseph Frederick, a...
Economics Explained
The Monolithic Economy of The U.S.A
The United States of America, the wealthiest, most powerful nation on the planet by a very respectable margin. The sheer scale of the united states wealth and influence is really really hard to fathom, even for macro-economists, sure...
Intelligence Squared
Jordan Peterson On Whether He Does More Harm Than Good
Jordan Peterson On Whether He Does More Harm Than Good.
Cerebellum
The World War One Years 1917-1920 - The Espionage Act And Sedition Act (1917 And 1918).
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, the documents...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sigal Ben-Porath - Free Speech on Campus
Dr. Ben-Porath received her doctorate in political philosophy from Tel Aviv University in 2000. She was awarded two successive Tel Aviv University President’s postdoctoral grants. In 2001-2004, she was a postdoctoral research associate...
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Facebook’s Supreme Court: Why Facebook Created The Content ‘Oversight Board’ - TLDR News.
In an attempt to placate governments, free speech advocates, and users Facebook has recently set up the Facebook Oversight Board. This board has been repeatedly referred to as Facebook's own Supreme Court whose role it is to judge what...
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Why Did Elon Even Want to Buy Twitter - TLDR News
Yesterday it was announced that Twitter had accepted Elon Musk's offer to buy them for $44 billion. So in this video we outline how the Elon managed to persuaded Twitter and what the hell he even wants to do with it?
Curated Video
The Woman Suffrage Procession
The Women’s Suffrage Procession of 1913 changed how Americans protest – by getting bigger, better and more creative than ever before.
After Skool
Why Is FREE SPEECH Important?
A free society depends on exchanging new ideas, regardless of their potential capability of offending someone. Without the open exchange of ideas , our current understanding of the world would be unrecognizable and entirely false....