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Sarah Shamim

Does Jimmy Kimmel’s removal over Charlie Kirk violate freedom of speech?

Demonstrators protest the cancelation of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show in Hollywood Boulevard, from where the show is broadcast [AFP]

United States television host Jimmy Kimmel’s live show was pulled off the air by Disney-owned ABC after he made comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot last week in what has been deemed by right-wingers in the US a political assassination.

But critics claim Kimmel’s removal is a violation of his free speech rights, which are enshrined under the US Constitution’s First Amendment.

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