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Floyd Abrams

articles/2012/09/20/should-youtube-have-taken-down-incendiary-anti-muslim-video/innocence-of-muslims-still-cheat_rd7kyc

Did Google Do The Right Thing?

The White House asked, and Google said no. But in the Internet era, writes Floyd Abrams, the gatekeepers who protect freedom of speech are changing.

Floyd Abrams

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