Jacob Mchangama

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CEO @speechfuture, R. Professor @VanderbiltU Sr Flw @thefireorg, author "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media" (2022) @basicbooks

Nashville, TN/Copenhagen, DK jacobmchangama.com Joined February 2009

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Jacob Mchangama @JMchangama Sep 15

1/ Frederick Douglass called free speech “the dread of tyrants” and a “sacred right.” But those quotes only scratch the surface. I built the Douglass Free Speech Corpus and audio player so you can study the man yourself. A few of his greatest hits:🧵

Jacob Mchangama @JMchangama 3h

1/ A real win for free speech in Europe. The European Commission is dropping its plan to make hate speech an "EU crime," a proposal we at @SpeechFuture have long opposed in writings and conversations with decisionmakers.

Jacob Mchangama @JMchangama 2d

Back from @TheFIREorg's incredible Soapbox conference in Philly, where more than 500 people celebrated this nation's most cherished freedom.

Jacob Mchangama @JMchangama Oct 31

Two own goals in two days for Aston Villa.

Jacob Mchangama Verified account @JMchangama Oct 30

Nassef Sawiris woke up thinking he was Xi Jinping, instead of chairman of an above-average English club that just sold six of its best players to bigger, richer teams.

Suing for "insults" is a sign of weakness and does a lot more to hurt AFVC than Carragher's banter.
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Jacob Mchangama @JMchangama Oct 31

I don't know if this is a sincere apology or not. But if its simply down to @Carra23 being fearful of expensive legal proeceedings (which he surely would ultimately have won) then this is really bad. Billionaire owners suing critics of their clubs for a bit of rage baiting banter! Come on people! #AVFC fans should push back against their owner here.

The one upside is that Fulham fans are likely to come up with some spicy songs at Villa Park later today.

Jamie Carragher Verified account @Carra23 Oct 31

I’d like to apologise to Aston Villa, the owners & their fans.
My language this week was clumsy & wrong.
I can assure Villa fans it was tongue in cheek but I can understand it’s not come across that way, so apologies.
Good luck today UTV!
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