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The Free Speech Fight

The fight over the freedom to say what you like is often an explosive collision zone. This week we ask: who is responsible for hosting hate and criminal activity online?

A special edition exploring the collision zone between free speech and criminal activity with a focus on two stories out of the US.

After a week of violent clashes and soul searching in Charlottesville, big internet giants step in and quell the voice of one notorious website. We talk to one person who campaigned to have the website shut down, and another who wrote for it.

And, a classified ads site accused of facilitating sex trafficking has prompted action for a change in US law. Critics say if the law goes through it could result in an attack on free speech on the internet.

Presenter: India Rakusen
Producers: Kayleen Devlin and Anisa Subedar

Image: Counter protesters shout at members of the Ku Klux Klan during a rally / Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

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