Photo: UBCOUBC Okanagan is hosting some of the brightest minds in a debate on free speech. On the side arguing that free speech is dead is Dr. Greg Garrard, a professor of Environmental Humanities at UBCO, and Dr. Joel Bakan, a Professor at UBC’s Allard School of Law. This is the second event of its kind at UBCO designed to debate whether the digital age has choked off free speech or empowered it to thrive. “UBC Okanagan Debates is a signature event for our campus. Are secretive social media algorithms limiting those who speak their minds, or is the digital age supercharging free speech, granting anyone with an internet connection the power to express and influence regardless of their language or geography.

Source: CBC News October 11, 2023 23:44 UTC