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"Academic freedom... means ensuring that the widest possible variety of ideas and opinions can be freely expressed, and that dissenting views and contrary perspectives are welcomed rather than shut down," write @SuzanneNossel & @ACEducation's Ted Mitchell https://www.newsweek.com/this-how-keep-academic-freedom-alive-america-opinion-1789678

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#TikTok: In a letter signed by PEN America, @ACLU, & @knightcolumbia, the groups urged the U.S. to avoid “an ill-advised, blanket approach that would impair free speech and set a troubling precedent that could curtail free expression worldwide." Read free: https://wapo.st/42qY7Rk

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