Freedom of Speech

Other Risks to Free Speech

• Using Federal Trade Commission investigations to get back at media outlets sharing anti-administration stories.
• Using the power of regulation to control legacy media
• Investigating non-profits for "corruption" such as Catholic Chartieis USA and Council on American-Islamic Relations
• Banning outlets from public press briefings

The White House’s real aim is self-censorship by everyone else. Everyone in the United States and around the world — in the media and online — who is watching these censorship attempts. The goal is to get us all to temper our speech in response.

- If You Can Keep It

Effects of Censorship

Autocrats do not outright ban speech - rather they use the government to punish contrarian speech. Those who follow their preferred messaging are praised and become a “defacto state media”

Fighting Censorship

• Fight back with every attempt at censoring.
• Collectively work together with other groups to show unity.
• Hold up those who fight censorhip and hold accountable people who fold to the censor's power.
• Spread and support press that cover honest and risky stories.