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Real Chilling Effects
A extraordinary pattern of government censorship and threats to speech
The President has suggested that critics are supporters of terrorism, using vague language that allows him to threaten nonprofits, or promise to deport protest leaders, including green card holders. The richest man in the world might call for a journalist to be fired, falsely accuse media organizations of secretly being paid by shadowy pro-government forces, or sue them to drain resources. Governments where capable bureaucrats are fired, or reassigned if they offer uncongenial truths, will not relay accurate information to decisionmakers, and so, decisions will get worse.
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