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So to Speak podcast: Free speech, privacy, and President Trump’s Twitter account with Alex Abdo
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by Knight First Amendment Institute Litigation Director Alex Abdo to discuss free speech, privacy, and President Donald Trump’s Twitter account.
Show notes:
- Podcast transcript
- “Why Rely on the Fourth Amendment To Do the Work of the First?”
- “Knight Institute v. Trump — lawsuit challenging President Trump’s blocking of critics on Twitter”
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