Free speech is an invaluable asset – so precious, in fact, that one of the first things dictators do is try to suppress it. One way to achieve this goal is to bring all media outlets under their control and use them for their own purposes instead.
This conversation features Stephan Scherzer, CEO of MVFP, a trade organization representing the interests of 500 German magazine publishers, in conversation with Yevgeny Simkin, co-founder and CEO of Samizdat Online, an anti-censorship platform that he and his team launched in July of 2022. Samizdat Online makes it possible for people to read and share content that is otherwise blocked from access inside various autocracies.
