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Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig on why AI and social media are causing a free speech crisis for the internet
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After 30 years teaching law, the internet policy legend is as worried as you’d think about AI and TikTok — and he has surprising thoughts about balancing free speech with protecting democracy.