Freedom of speech and media were key gains for Tunisians after the 2011 revolution that ousted autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and triggered the Arab Spring protests....
The concept of the "marketplace of ideas", analogous to the “free market” concept of Economics, is rooted in the philosophy of free speech and the belief that in an open and unrestricted exchange of ideas, the truth and the best ideas will prevail. The metaphor suggests that just as a marketplace allows for the competition...