Harvard is the crown jewel of America’s higher education. It shapes the minds of America’s brightest students, and its professors are influential thought leaders. Google dominates the flow of online information. By adjusting its algorithms it can—and does—fundamentally alter what billions of people see and know about the world.33 And the New York Times, more than any other institution, sets the agenda for the national political debate. These three titans fundamentally shape the contours of America’s public square. For them to punish speech that, while controversial, is essential to a free
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