WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED: AGAINST THE CENSORSHIP AND CRIMINALIZATION OF ACADEMIC POLITICAL SPEECH
With Katherine Franke (Columbia University), Nerdeen Kiswani (CUNY Law School/Within our Lifetime), Fred Moten (NYU), Radhika Sainath (Palestine Legal) and moderated by Andrew Ross (NYU-AAUP and USACBI)
Last month, Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube all shut down an open academic webinar, organized by a San Francisco State University department, and featuring Palestinian liberation advocate Leila Khaled. Why are big tech platforms making decisions that violate academic freedom? Why is speech about Palestinian rights always the first to be censored, and how should academic communities respond? NYU's AAUP chapter hosts a webinar panel of New York-based speakers as part of a national day of action to address these urgent questions.
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