{"id":1167,"date":"2025-09-12T02:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/republicans-pledge-censorship-crackdown-to-avenge-charlie-kirks-death\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T02:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:15:39","slug":"republicans-pledge-censorship-crackdown-to-avenge-charlie-kirks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/republicans-pledge-censorship-crackdown-to-avenge-charlie-kirks-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans pledge censorship crackdown to avenge Charlie Kirk\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2234095376.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In the wake of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s fatal shooting, some political figures are threatening a crackdown on free speech &#8211; a cause Kirk claimed to fight for. Members of Congress, the State Department, and President Donald Trump have all attacked people who celebrated Kirk&rsquo;s death online or criticized him while he was alive, in some cases saying they&rsquo;ll use the government&rsquo;s authority to punish statements almost certainly protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">While it remains unclear who killed Kirk or why at a college campus in Utah Wednesday, Republican political figures all the way up to Trump have threatened retaliation against Dem \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/776840\/charlie-kirk-death-social-media-jawboning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s fatal shooting, some political figures are threatening a crackdown on free speech 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