02/16/2025: 28 Days, Policing the Internet, Timothée Chalamet

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

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Correspondent Scott Pelley reports from Washington, D.C., on whether President Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) without Congress’ approval is legal. In the United States, most of what anyone says, sends or streams online, even if it’s hate-filled or toxic, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But as correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reports, Germany is trying to bring order to the unruly World Wide Web by policing it in a way most Americans could never imagine. When Timothée Chalamet was offered the chance to play Bob Dylan in a film based on the legendary musician, a lot of people told him not to take it. Chalamet didn’t know much about playing the guitar or harmonica, or about Dylan himself. 60 MINUTES spends a couple of days with the 29-year-old actor to find out how he prepared for over five years to play one of the most enigmatic and revered musicians of our time for his film “A Complete Unknown,” which earned him his second Oscar nomination for best actor. Correspondent Anderson Cooper visits Chalamet’s childhood home and Dylan’s old haunts in New York City and discovers some of the parallels between the two artists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:31.3	While America is relaxing policies around social media and the Internet,
1:38.3	Germany is cracking down.
1:41.3	We were with the German police as they conducted early morning raids on citizens who'd been accused of hate speech, threats, and inciting violence online.
1:53.0	In the United States, a lot of people look at this and say this is restricting free speech.
1:57.0	It's a threat to democracy.
1:59.0	Free speech needs boundaries.
2:05.6	Once upon a time, you're just so fine. Do the bumps a dime in your prime. Timothy
2:10.7	Shalamey pre-recorded all the Dylan songs he'd sing in the movie. They were supposed to be played back on set during filming.
2:22.3	It always sounded too clean. The recording equipment's too clean now. The guitars are too good. Bob Dylan was drinking two bottles of wine. A day, sometimes smoking
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