In the first episode of Your Voice, Emily Harris and James Walker discuss Alessandro Nardone’s article on the growing threat to free speech in the West. Nardone argues that government and tech platform control of information is creating a "dictatorship of thought." Inspired by Edward Snowden’s revelations, he warns that content moderation is stifling debate. While Elon Musk's efforts to free X offer hope, the EU's response and Telegram’s CEO arrest highlight the urgent need to defend free expression as the foundation of a free society.