In liberal democracies, the balance between personal autonomy and public safety is ideally negotiated democratically over time

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There should be an upper age limit for driving

Minors should be allowed abortions without parental knowledge

Social media platforms should never censor political opinions

Convicted prisoners should retain voting rights

Employers should not dismiss workers for lawful political speech outside work

Elite schools kept using race in admissions after the U.S. Supreme Court banned it

U.S. universities have not made adequate progress in addressing antisemitism, since October 7, 2023

Academic freedom often shields department conduct from civil rights oversight

Masked, unlawful encampments on university campuses cannot claim the moral authority of civil disobedience

Faculty diversity hiring programs at U.S. public universities systematically violate civil rights law

Requiring a "commitment to social justice" or a DEI statement in hiring is a political test

University civil rights offices protect institutions more than they protect complainants

Governments pressure social media companies to censor speech that is not misinformation but goes against political norms or majority opinion

Governments are pressuring social media companies to censor misinformation

A person banned by all major technology companies, such as YouTube, Instagram, and Meta, has no speech left at all

Regional institutions like the European Union have influence over technology companies, causing them to block content in certain countries

Governments can use regulations to prevent technology companies from implementing freedom of speech online

Governments and multilateral institutions influence and pressure technology companies through regulations concerning AI governance, censorship, and security

The ability of social media companies to remove a user is more potent than government pressure to censor certain types of speech

Social media companies can use their terms of service to remove a user for any reason, making that person disappear from the digital world