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The Lead Untangles: The so-called “banter ban"

Are the government’s new harassment provisions protecting workers or policing everyday speech?

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Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
May 23, 2025
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Introducing The Lead Untangles: In an era where misinformation is actively and deliberately used by elected politicians and where advocates and opposers of beliefs state their point of view as fact, sometimes the most useful tool reporters have is to help readers make sense of the world.

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