Who’s to say? Facebook, Trump and free speech

<p>The social-media giant’s external-review body <a href="https://www.economist.com/news/2021/05/05/facebooks-oversight-board-says-donald-trump-can-be-kept-off-for-now?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">upheld</a> a ban on former president Donald Trump—for now. We ask how a narrow ruling reflects on far broader questions of free speech and regulation. America’s young offenders are often handed long sentences and face disproportionate harms; we examine <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/04/03/reforming-marylands-cruel-treatment-of-young-offenders?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reforms</a> that are slowly taking hold. And the Broadway mental-health musical that is a <a href="https://www.economist.com/prospero/2021/04/16/an-american-musical-about-mental-health-takes-off-in-china?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">surprise hit</a> in China.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>