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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Ali Harb

Firings over reactions to Kirk killing spark free speech debate in the US

Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, speaks during the AmericaFest 2024 conference on December 19, 2024 in in Phoenix, Arizona, the United States [File: Cheney Orr/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Journalists, academics, airline employees, doctors and restaurant workers across the United States have been fired or investigated by their employers over the past week for comments deemed insensitive on the killing of Charlie Kirk.

The firings at a moment of rising political tensions in the US have ignited debates over the limits of free speech, cancel culture, doxxing and labour protections, as well as the legacy of Kirk.

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