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Faced with a rise of extremism within its ranks, the US military has clamped down on racist speech, including retweets and likes

  • Written by Dwight Stirling, Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California
Faced with a rise of extremism within its ranks, the US military has clamped down on racist speech, including retweets and likesSecretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at a news briefing at the Pentagon on July 20, 2022.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin took the extraordinary step of pausing all operations for 24 hours to “address extremism in the ranks.”...

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