Issue brief
Speech, Privacy, and Civil Liberties
How should America protect liberty without expanding surveillance or coerced speech?
Our position
Limit surveillance to legal process, protect whistleblowers, defend peaceful speech, and distinguish private editorial choices from government censorship or coercion of moderation.
Why it matters
Liberty fails when “our side” exempts itself from the same executive powers it would deny opponents.
Evidence
Edition 10 research treats speech, privacy, and due-process safeguards as principle tests separate from popularity contests. Missing evidence is never scored as opposition.
Strongest objection
Safety and platform-harm concerns are real. Remedies must be precise, appealable, and not a blank check for viewpoint policing.
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