Is ‘cancel culture’ real? Are we losing grip on the fundamental right to free speech? Are we entering a new phase of cultural authoritarianism that targets anyone who goes against the grain? Or ... are those hysterics pointed in the wrong direction? In the second episode of “Backspace,” a new media critique series from AJ+, Sana Saeed explores how we've re-imagined an old conversation on speech and accountability and how free speech is, in fact, under threat – just not in the way we're made to think it is.

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