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Ever since Ye declared he’d be going “death con 3 on Jewish people,” the media and advocacy groups like the Anti-Defamation League have sought to portray the issue as a battle between free speech and censorship. When Ye fawned over Hitler alongside an open Holocaust denier on a talk show hosted by a man successfully sued for calling a school massacre a hoax, it seemed to prove the larger point: Unregulated internet forums (like the ones where Alex Jones made his name) are dangerous, and the best safeguard against antisemitism lies in actively policing them. Free speech of the kind being advocated by people like Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, the argument goes on, is a direct threat to Jews. Following Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform, The New York Times wrote breathlessly that “Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find.”

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