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Articles | Volume 80, issue 4
Articles | Volume 80, issue 4
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Articles | Volume 80, issue 4
Intervention
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28 Nov 2025
Intervention |  | 28 Nov 2025

Trapdoors: Palestine solidarity and the authoritarian potential of invisible academic bureaucracies

Theo Aalders, Inès Bakhtaoui, Angela Last, and Eva Youkhana

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This article shows how universities can quietly restrict speech on controversial topics like Palestine by using bureaucratic rules such as safety protocols not originally meant for censorship. These hidden barriers, which we call “trapdoors,” limit academic freedom without open debate. We draw on real examples and interviews to show how this silencing works, why it matters, and how it threatens democracy.
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