The Defensibility Gap: When Free Speech Depends on Who Can Afford to Defend It
The internet made publishing cheap. Defending what gets published can still cost a fortune. How litigation and unequal legal resources shape who can afford to speak.
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The internet made publishing cheap. Defending what gets published can still cost a fortune. How litigation and unequal legal resources shape who can afford to speak.
Smartphones made recording easy. AI glasses may make it almost invisible. As cameras, microphones and machine perception move onto the face, the old boundary between being seen and becoming data begins to disappear.
The law may guarantee rights, but what happens when the state moves faster than accountability? Through the US immigration detention system, this analysis examines how transfers, limited legal access and fragmented oversight can turn formal protections into remedies that arrive too late.