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Peter Menzies: Once Tools Are Available to Suppress Speech, Expect Them to Be Wielded With Enthusiasm

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Peter Menzies: Once Tools Are Available to Suppress Speech, Expect Them to Be Wielded With Enthusiasm
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
Peter Menzies
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Once tools are available to suppress, punish, and intimidate speech, there is no shortage of people willing to use them.

Peter Menzies
Peter Menzies
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Peter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.