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ADL's Never Is Now 2019 | ADL International Leadership Award Presented to Sacha Baron Cohen

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What it is

Sacha Baron Cohen's speech accepting the ADL International Leadership Award, in which he criticizes social media companies for amplifying hate and propaganda. He argues that freedom of speech is not freedom of reach.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Quoted heavily in moderation and free speech debates, particularly the line about freedom of speech and reach.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “This is a thought-provoking speech. Do yourself a favor and watch it in its entirety”

    Thought-provoking speech on social media responsibility

    cs702, 2019-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook”

  2. “I found it to be pretty well put together”

    Well put together award speech on manipulation at scale

    dfsegoat, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo”

  3. “This guy can explain it better than I do”

    Explains harm of social media propaganda better

    mattigames, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Facebook's only Dutch factchecker quits over political ad exemption”

  4. “Freedom of speech is not freedom of reach.”

    Excerpts on social media amplifying absurdities and bigotry

    flowerlad, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud”

  5. “Freedom of speech is not freedom of reach.”

    Answers free speech question about social media amplification

    petilon, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement”

  6. “Freedom of speech is not freedom of reach.”

    Excerpts on social media amplifying absurdities and bigotry

    breadwinner, 2025-09 · Recommendation · in “YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content”

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Topics: sacha baron cohen, content moderation, free speech, misinformation, facebook

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