Why Free Speech Matters

KITE & KEY MEDIA: The story of America is, in many ways, the story of The First Amendment. And when it comes to free speech, our standards are different than almost anywhere else in the world.

With a few exceptions — fraud, defamation, incitement, etc. — the First Amendment allows Americans to say pretty much whatever they want. And that makes the U.S. an outlier, even among other liberal democracies, whose freedoms of speech often come with lots of restrictions.