Policing 'Fake News' Is Our Own Responsibility, Not Facebook's
Calling for the social media outlet to censor things, even completely made up stories, can end up in bad places.
Free Speech
Trump Campaign Manager Suggests the President-Elect Could Sue Harry Reid for Libel
Kellyanne Conway says Trump's critics should be "very careful" about dissing him "in a legal sense."
Stop Sharing News That Trans Teen Suicides Spiked Post-Election—It's Not Just Wrong, But Dangerous to LGBT Youth
This false epidemic going viral could drive real suicide attempts among struggling teens.
Prominent Civil Liberties Groups Anticipate Life Under President Donald Trump
If Trump makes good on his many threats to curtail liberty, there will be resistance.
Riots in Portland on Third Night of Protests
Trump returns to Twitter to complain about "unfair" protests "incited" by media.
Against Shaming 'White Women' and 'Female Misogynists' for 2016 Election Results
Who, exactly, are these impassioned social-media screeds supposed to sway?
Censorship: High School Makes 18-Year-Old Girl Remove 'Hillary for Prison' T-Shirt
Maybe schools should teach kids about the First Amendment-and follow it
Porn Site Offers Tits for Votes in Clever Marketing Gimmick—Thanks, First Amendment!
CamSoda is offering voters free site credits if they snap a selfie at the polls and post it to social media.
Congressman Threatens Major Networks With Hearings On 'Media Bias'
Rep. Kevin Cramer proves it's never too early for Congress to waste time.
Defense Distributed, of 3D-Printed Gun Fame, Requests Rehearing on Denial of Its Injunction Against the State Department for Crushing Its Free Speech Rights
Is hosting a file that instructs a 3D printer how to make a plastic gun such a threat to national security that the First Amendment must take a back seat?
President Obama Sticks Up For Free Speech Rights Of Trump Supporter
It was a small, but meaningful gesture.
Donald Trump Makes Me Proud To Be an American
There's something heartening about Trump's gross remarks about women, Muslims, and Mexicans: he remains a free man despite uttering them.
University of Kentucky Takes Student Paper to Court Over Reporting on Sexual-Assault Complaints Against Professor
When does institutional protection of student-victim privacy cross the line into censorship?
SCOTUS Will Consider Challenge to Ban on Social Media Use by Sex Offenders
A man arrested for using Facebook argues that North Carolina's law violates the First Amendment.
How Citizens United Protects a Mezcal Company's Right to Critcize Donald Trump
Corporations, free speech, and why "Donald eres un pendejo."
How To Print a Gun at Home: Ronald Bailey Reviews 'Come and Take It' at WSJ
Is plastic gun printer Cody Wilson an 'open source terrorist' or a free speech hero?
ExxonMobil Climate 'Fraud' Investigation Follies Continue
New court ruling requires oil company to hand over accounting records
New York's Airbnb Advertising Ban Appears to Violate Federal Law and the First Amendment
From the moment it was passed, it was begging for a lawsuit. It got one.
Clinton's Constitutional Contempt
While Trump does not know what the Constitution says, his opponent doesn't care.
Justin Timberlake Ballot Selfie Leads to Silly Hand-Wringing Over Laws
States threaten criminal action, but federal judges have dim view of bans.
ABA Rejects Report on Trump's Frivolous Lawsuits, Fearing a Frivolous Lawsuit
The episode underscores the author's point about the speech-chilling impact of SLAPPs by thin-skinned rich people.
The Fight for Free Speech on College Campuses
Interview with Young Americans for Liberty executive director Cliff Maloney Jr.
How Heterodox Is Your University?
New ratings reveal the good, the bad and the ugly about the intellectual diversity on 150 leading campuses.
Facebook Employees Wanted Trump Posts Removed as 'Hate Speech'
Social network loosening community standards for newsworthy events instead.
Clinton Is a Threat to the 2nd Amendment—and the 1st
Her positions on gun ownership and political speech are at odds with the Bill of Rights.
This Racist Student's Conversion Is the Best Argument Against Safe Space Culture
Derek Black was a white nationalist. Now he's a liberal anti-racist. What changed him? Free speech.
PEN America's Report on Campus Free Speech Gets the Yale Debacle Really Wrong
Report provides an overview of threats to free speech while refusing to label the campus situation a 'crisis.'
Former Backpage.com Heads Say Pimping Charges Motivated by Politics, Not Facts
"Make no mistake; Kamala Harris has won all that she was looking to win when she had us arrested."
The Roger Stone Home Stretch of Election 2016
The Fifth Column talks conspiracies, late hits, Reason commenters, and other strange phenomena in advance of tonight's final presidential debate
California Christians Should Go to Jail Rather Than Post State-Mandated Abortion Signs, Says Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson
"If California attempts to enforce this law, then do not comply."
Michael Moore Releasing Trump Film as 'October Surprise' Thanks to Citizens United
Moore can also be honest about the point of his film now that the Supreme Court has freed him to do so.
(UPDATED) Democracy Now Host Amy Goodman Faces 'Riot' Charges For Covering North Dakota Pipeline Protests
Prosecutor argues against Goodman's First Amendment rights because she sympathized with protesters.
When It Comes to Unauthorized Pawing, Does Trump Have a Reputation to Damage?
Responding to the candidate's lawsuit threat, The New York Times says its story had no effect on a reputation he created for himself.
CUNY Prof Accused of Sexual Harassment Because His Syllabus Says Effort Is 10% of Grade
Kneel before the Director of Diversity Investigations and Title IX Enforcement.
Texas Dad Pushes for Parents of Adult Women to Be Able to Have Them Committed for Selling Sex
Reforms would also raise minimum-age threshold for Texas strippers from 18 to 21.
Outrage Over Police Social Media Surveillance Falls on the Wrong Parties
Hold law enforcement responsible for snooping, not the tech platforms.
Kim Kardashian Suing Over Coverage of Paris Robbery
Upset by suggestions made by a celebrity gossip site that the robbery may have been staged.
University of Michigan Will Spend Millions to Monitor Students' Cultural Sensitivity Progress
Diversity, inclusion, equity. Diversity, inclusion, equity. Diversity, inclusion equity.
Does the First Amendment Cover Books, Movies or Netflix?
Not as clear cut to regulators as it may be to the rest of us.
UVA Prof 'Agrees' to Leave of Absence After Criticizing Black Lives Matter
Did the university force him?
Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer Arrested in Texas for Pimping, Conspiracy
The charges stem not from Ferrer's own actions but because he owned a user-generated ad website where these activities are said to take place.
'You Do Not As a White Cis Man Tell Me to Calm Down!' Angry Students Overwhelm YAF Meeting
Kansas students who hate the Constitution are making good use of the First Amendment.
SCOTUS Won't Hear Illinois Sheriff's Appeal of Order to Stop Threatening Credit Card Companies for Working With Backpage
Visa and Mastercard had ceased serving the site under threat of sanction from the Illinois sheriff.
Separation of Church and State
Protecting America From Religious Zealots
Conservatives are looking in the wrong place.
