KC: You wrote that online speech has become a fractious issue between Europe and the United States. How did it get this way?

AS: It goes back decades but has intensified under the Trump administration. Europe has long adopted more limits on speech — think Germany’s restrictions on Nazism — while America prioritizes personal freedoms over all else, except perhaps being able to yell, “Fire!” in a crowded theater. As with many things, the internet, including social media, has made the differences in approach more pronounced, and turned them into a geopolitical pressure point.

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