Globalizing the First Amendment in the 21st Century
January 28th, 2010
Google’s recent threat to pull out of China over the country’s human-rights and free-speech constraints highlights the central question First Amendment expert and Columbia University President Lee Bollinger attempts to answer in his new book, “Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century.” What happens when the American idea of free speech collides with restrictions in a country that does not accept the U.S. conception of press freedom?
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Globalizing the First Amendment in the 21st Century