Timothy Garton Ash on Free Speech

In the war of fake news versus facts, here's what the next battle should be

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/08/fake-news-facts-facebook-twitter-fox-news-democracy

Timothy Garton Ash delineates the history of free speech from Ancient Athens to today, .. and its importance today. 

His advice is (among others):

Outside China, the US is the world’s leading digital trendsetter while the EU is its leading norm-setter. Put together the trendsetter and the norm-setter, add a bunch of other leading democracies, and you have a combination of market and regulatory power to which even His Digital Highness must bow.

Also interesting: Ash's recent book on Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World