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US free-speech law offers protection — at a price

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Some fear that law to aid whistle-blowers will expose researchers to smear campaigns.

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Samuel Reich, E. US free-speech law offers protection — at a price. Nature 471, 276–277 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/471276a

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