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Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu asks whether the First Amendment can stand up to our 21st-century challenges.


Wu focuses on antitrust, media and communications law. He's also a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of several books, including "The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads."


He spoke at the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival.

To hear his speech, click on the audio player above. 

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Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu addresses a question posed at the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival: Is the First Amendment obsolete?

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Professor Tim Wu talks about the First Amendment in Aspen, Co.

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Is the First Amendment obsolete?'

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