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NEWS ANALYSIS: Americans Believe Free Speech Is Eroding in America, Recent Poll Finds

NEWS ANALYSIS: Americans Believe Free Speech Is Eroding in America, Recent Poll Finds
A woman stomps on a free speech sign at the University of California–Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2017. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
6/28/2023|Updated: 6/28/2023
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If you believe the constitutional right to free speech has been curtailed in America, you are not alone.

A poll conducted in June by the Commonwealth Foundation in Pennsylvania found that most people—56 percent of respondents—feel the right to free speech is more restricted than it was 10 years ago, and 41 percent said they or someone they know has held back from speaking freely over the last year for fear of retaliation or harsh criticism.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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