{"product_id":"free-speech-and-turbulent-freedom-the-dangerous-allure-of-censorship-in-the-digital-era-hardcover","title":"Free Speech and Turbulent Freedom: The Dangerous Allure of Censorship in the Digital Era - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Glennon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA brisk, practical defense of free speech in America's digital public square that calls on the courts to reject the censors' absolutism, enforce enduring First Amendment principles, and restore a vigorous and robust marketplace of ideas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vast censorship regime has smothered America's digital marketplace of ideas, squelching free speech on vital policy issues ranging from public health to electoral politics. Its supporters regard its benefits as morally and politically beyond question. They contend it's carried out by private social media platforms, not governmental authorities. And they insist their partnership is voluntary, not coerced. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFree Speech and Turbulent Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael J. Glennon offers a timely and incisive response. The censors are short-sighted, he argues. Quibbling over outdated distinctions misses the real threat--which is the fusion of public and private power into a modern-day cartel able to overleap longstanding constitutional safeguards. American democracy, he argues, rests on a decentralized marketplace of ideas independent of the government. In crisp, trenchant terms, Glennon shows how concrete practical concerns justify protecting admittedly harmful online speech--even speech that advocates violence or embraces hatred or apparent falsehood. The intellectual journey of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. from absolutist to skeptic, he suggests, illuminates the value of political pluralism and the perils of the censors' delusory certitude. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo safely self-correct, democracy requires open channels of political communication. Glennon calls on the courts to unblock those channels--to measure such speech against enduring First Amendment precepts rather than pliable international norms--and to protect the speech interests not merely of the government and Big Tech, but of all participants in the marketplace of ideas. That includes what's often overlooked: Americans' right to hear. Without robust judicial protection, the specious attractions of censorship--and the absolutist certitude that drives it--will destroy America's marketplace of ideas and, with it, any hope of political self-renewal.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael J. Glennon\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Constitutional and International Law at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Before entering teaching, he was the Legal Counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is the author or co-author of ten books, including \u003cem\u003eNational Security and Double Government\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2014) and \u003cem\u003eConstitutional Diplomacy \u003c\/em\u003e(Princeton, 1990). His op-ed pieces have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFrankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 8.9 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52513221640499,"sku":"9780197636763","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YcvXhzQU6k9780197636763.webp?v=1760360061","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/free-speech-and-turbulent-freedom-the-dangerous-allure-of-censorship-in-the-digital-era-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}