Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Jameel Jaffer
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I'd be interested to hear reactions from the bankers who are underwriting the SpaceX IPO--i.e. the people who will make Elon a trillionaire, and who will profit handsomely from it themselves.
Jameel Jaffer
Elon Musk is still going and I don’t know what to say. Unhinged racism and unmoored violent fantasies.
I would say his site should be blocked, but thanks to Starlink he’s beyond reach (which is point of Starlink).
Also note that the original post was 12 hours before he found it and replied.
Justin
Canada is reportedly considering a social-media ban for kids under 16. It's a bad idea for multiple reasons, as this very good post explains.
The seeming indifference to the UK's barring of Uyger and Piker is quite striking, and IMO explainable only by reference to the special rules that democracies have adopted for speech about Palestine. This piece by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social is excellent. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's not just that Trump and his enablers are cruel and racist; cruelty and racism are what they want to project. They want the United States to be known for those things, and increasingly it is. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
This essay by @joelsimonsays.bsky.social about interviewing authoritarians is a good read and helps put that Welker/Trump interview in broader context. via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature/shou...
Jameel Jaffer
It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not true, says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo
I don’t think the criticisms of Kristen Welker for trying to extend the interview after Trump’s tantrum are fair. IMO it would have been journalistic malpractice to just let Trump walk out without trying to get him to answer more questions. Maybe …
