Project Veritas' Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Can Go Forward
Veritas had been suspended from Twitter for including an interview subject's house number; CNN "suggested on-air that Twitter banned Veritas for 'promoting misinformation.'"
Veritas had been suspended from Twitter for including an interview subject's house number; CNN "suggested on-air that Twitter banned Veritas for 'promoting misinformation.'"
The justices, including Trump's nominees, have shown they are willing to defy his will when they think the law requires it.
In his second term, the former and future president will have more freedom to follow his worst instincts.
The decades-old regulation imposes burdens that no other media outlets are subject to.
No matter who wins, we can expect bad policies surrounding sex and especially surrounding technology.
The Republican presidential candidate argues that CBS and The Washington Post broke the law by covering the election in ways he did not like.
After being arrested for doing journalism, Priscilla Villarreal has taken her fight to the courts.
The latest podcast episode from Prof. Jane Bambauer (Florida) and me.
Fort the answer—or rather, answers—a court has to resolve a choice of law question.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
A university president provides a helpful explanation of the difference.
The Stony Brook sociologist discusses how progressives are having a hard time processing why more and more black and Latino voters are supporting Donald Trump.
The groups are challenging a Florida law that bans some teens from social media.
By prosecuting the website's founders, the government chilled free speech online and ruined lives.
A review of Prof. Mary Anne Franks' new book, Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment (plus a response by Prof. Franks to Prof. Mchangama's Tweeted criticisms, and a reply by Prof. Mchangama).
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
So holds a federal court (correctly, I think), considering restrictions that were prompted by Texas Governor Abbott's General Order GA-44.
Regulating AI could threaten free speech, just as earlier proposed regulations of other media once did.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
Despite his cluelessness, the former president's inclination to punish constitutionally protected speech reflects his authoritarian disregard for civil liberties.
The allegedly libelous claims about the candidate were made three months after he lost the election; a Magistrate Judge had held the candidate was no longer a public figure, but the District Court disagreed.
Rebekah Massie's removal and arrest from a city council meeting was "objectively outrageous," the judge ruled.
The court also concluded defendant had libeled plaintiff, but the court held that even the nonlibelous expressions of opinion could lead to emotional distress liability. The total verdict of $6.8M.
may be constitutionally unprotected threat.
"Invoking the innocence of children is not...a magic incantation sufficient for legislatures to run roughshod over the First Amendment rights of adults."
The co-founder of Ideas Beyond Borders argues that there is "no better independence than economic independence."
"Plaintiff's allegations are emotionally and politically charged, and ... Plaintiff is a member of certain groups subject to discrimination. That, however, is true of a plethora of cases in the federal courts and has generally not been understood to authorize anonymous pleading."
The court concludes that X's requested discovery is broader than necessary, though it leaves open the door to some considerably narrower discovery.
How the equal time rule is helping him hijack the airwaves.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
The state has been demanding that TV stations remove political ads in support of a reproductive freedom amendment on the ballot this year.
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