Everyone online is searching for “free speech” right now. According to Google Trends data of the past 30 days, searches for “free speech” have skyrocketed since conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination on a college campus ― and there have been many reasons for it over the past few days. The late conservative activist advocated on behalf of free speech, and then was killed while speaking on a college campus. So it’s no surprise that one of the top online Google searches right now is free speech related to Jimmy Kimmel, because his firing is especially alarming to free speech experts. Advertisement“Instead, it seems like... what’s happening is even more questions around free speech being raised,’” he said.
