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Chilling Effects

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Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2026-05-29

Date Updated: 2026-05-29

Author: Bruce Schneier

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This essay argues that the Trump administration’s use of surveillance, threats, uncertainty, and abuse of power has produced widespread 'chilling effects'—leading students, professors, journalists, and institutions to self-censor and disengage—weakening democratic accountability; the authors call for legal, judicial, legislative, and civil-society measures to resist and reverse these effects.

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