A survey from The Future of Free Speech, an independent think tank out of Vanderbilt University, has found support for free speech has fallen in the United States.
In the report released this month, the United States, Japan and Israel showed the biggest drops in support for free speech since 2021.
While majorities in all 33 countries surveyed expressed general support for free speech on average, there was “significant variation” across countries and within countries between different social groups.
Additionally, the report shows men in the U.S., as well as the young and middle-aged, showed declining support for free speech across different kinds of sensitive issues, including lower tolerance of statements that support homosexual relationships and insults to the American flag.
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