If you’re old enough you may recall that the 1960s “youth rebellion” started at Columbia University. Yes even a bit before Berkeley. All the youth leaders had Communist parents, but this was not reported at the time.
Columbia is not in America. Columbia is in New York City
Alot of words just to say: “we’re going to go full blown fascist on your speech”
The NY Times has offers.
“All the news that’s fit to print.”
The ISPs could bundle in media subscriptions.
“The power the big platforms wield over public discourse has distorted the marketplace of ideas, to a point where there is broad consensus internationally that some form of state intervention is necessary.”
Ha. “Big Tech” thought by being compliant tools of the left, they would be protected. Now they find out they are to be discarded when the left finds it convenient.
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of people.
After drilling down into the speakers/panels and the subject matter, it seems clear to me that the conference will wind up with a distinctly authoritarian slant to regulation of free speech.
I say this with the sadness of a Columbia alumnus from 1961 when we were on the cutting edge of free speech non-regulation and I spent many happy hours debating all kinds of stuff on the open air debate area on Low Plaza.