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Free speech wasn't so free 103 years ago, when 'seditious' and 'unpatriotic' speech was criminalized in the US

  • Written by Eric P. Robinson, Assistant Professor (media law and ethics), University of South Carolina
Free speech wasn't so free 103 years ago, when 'seditious' and 'unpatriotic' speech was criminalized in the USEugene Debs, at center with flowers, who was serving a prison sentence for violating the Espionage Act, on the day he was notified of his nomination for the presidency on the socialist ticket by a delegation of leading socialists.George Rinhard/Corbis Historical/Getty Images

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