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To publish or not to publish? The media's free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism

  • Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of agonising free-speech dilemmas to which there are no easy answers.

Do they allow a president of the United States to use their platforms to falsely and...

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