UC-Irvine Students Tried to Ban American Flag Because Free Speech 'Can Be Interpreted as Hate Speech'
More from the "everything is offensive" crowd.
Free Speech
France Dishonors Charlie Hebdo By Policing Hate Speech
To grant the state the authority to police hatred is to open the door to the policing of thought, conscience, and morality.
Philly Aims to Disabuse Young Photographer of 'High-Minded Ideas' About Having Constitutional Rights
ACLU says Philadelphia police routinely harass and arrest people like Coulter Loeb for photographing them.
What If Someone Crossed the Razor-Blades-in-Halloween-Candy Rumor with the Injecting-Babies-with-AIDS Rumor?
Decoding a Vietnamese urban legend
There's No Begging Exception to the First Amendment
Laws against panhandling are unconstitutional, yet officials keep trying.
New York Activist Billy Talen Goes to Trial Rather Than Plea Out Over "Obstructing Government Administration" Charge
Leading a "Black Lives Matter" Protest Talen Insists Video Shows He Was Breaking No Law
The Human Right to Offend
Self-censorship in the face of intimidation has another name: cowardice.
Ronald Bailey Defends Free Speech and the Right to Offend
A review of of The Tyranny of Silence by Flemming Rose
Encouragingly, Both Sides in Debate on Campus Speech End Up Defending Campus Speech
At GW last night, nobody was willing to argue that students should be silenced.
Settlement Victory Over San Diego Sheriff's Facebook Page Censorship
Dimitrios Kassas of Ares Armor Accepts a $20 Settlement Plus Legal Fees.
VID: Silk Road, Online Freedom, and Why the Prosecution (and Conviction) of Ross Ulbricht Should Worry Us All
The mother of the alleged "Dread Pirate Roberts" spoke out prior to her son's recent conviction.
Federal Judge Denies Death Row Inmates Access to Information on the Drugs That Will Kill Them
The inmates argued they had a First Amendment right to information that would ensure their Eighth Amendment rights were protected.
Victory Over North Carolina Attempt to Ban Giving Unlicensed Paleo Dietary Advice Online
Steve Cooksey Can Now Speak Freely About Diet in North Carolina
After Copenhagen: The Myth of Civilized Censorship
Hate speech laws legitimize violence against those who offend
NPR's Departing Ombudsman Thinks the First Amendment Does Not Protect 'Hate Speech'
A veteran American journalist wonders if Charlie Hebdo would be legally tolerated in the U.S.
Social Media Censorship Gaining New Ground in U.K., France
British lawmakers call for banning offensive speakers from social media entirely while France continues hate speech prosecutions
Anonymous Posts Update on #OpISIS, Claims to Have Taken Down Hundreds of ISIS Twitter Accounts
A video claiming to speak for the hacker collective Anonymous says it's taken down hundreds of ISIS-affiliated Twitter and other online accounts.
University of Michigan Spends $16,000 Telling Students Not to Say Offensive Words, Like 'Crazy'
Everything is offensive to someone, so shut up! Says U-M
Baylor U.'s Student Court Issues No-Contact Order to Journalists Covering Student Court
Keep in mind, this is a make-believe government (the best kind!).
Schools Banning Phone App Yik Yak for Promoting Hate Speech
That this is largely a symbolic gesture hasn't stopped students from advocating for the bans.
Ohio U. Students Can Now Put 'We Get You Off' on a T-Shirt
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education wins another free speech case.
No, Campus Feminists Didn't Shut Down Kate Smurthwaite's 'Free Speech Comedy Show'
Behold the anatomy of an outrage cycle
SAVE Act Would Hold Websites Criminally Liable for User-Generated Content
Lawmakers target classified ad sites
A Silly Fight Over What Part of a Cake Counts as Speech
A sweet medium and sour messages
CUNY Tells Profs Not to Say 'Mr.' or 'Ms.' Because That's Offensive and Illegal-ish (It's Not)
This is political correctness right here, folks.
Students Newspapers Desecrating Free Speech: A Transformation, or Return to Form?
The cycle of censorship rears its ugly head.
Brooklyn Teen Arrested for Threatening Use of Emoji
NYPD: "You make a threat on the internet, we're going to be watching."
Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Government's Embarrassing Friend
It's time to end support for a regime that sees beating as a merciful alternative to execution for dissenters.
Obama: Tomorrow Tell Saudis to Stop Beating Journalists and to Let Dissidents Go
A one thousand lash insult to free speech.
Charlie Hebdo and the Horrible History of Suppressing 'Blasphemy'
An unwelcome blast from France's oppressive past.
In the City of Charlie Hebdo, Three Convicted for Contents of Tweets
Calling for the death of gay people is a hate crime in France.
Boston City Employees Banned From Criticizing Olympics
Boston hasn't even been awarded the 2024 Olympics yet, and many of its citizens are already having their civil liberties violated.
Students Get to 'Choose' Between Very Little Free Speech, Even Less Free Speech
To be fair, 'no preference' is also an option.
Pope Francis Says He Never Meant to Endorse Punishment of Religious Insults
The pope's "clarification" is implausible but welcome.
A Defense of France's 'Hate Speech' Laws: People Often Say Offensive Things Without Being Punished
The very existence of speech-policing tribunals offends freedom of expression.
Cop Arrested for Refusing to Take Off Mask During Protest, Produce Identification, Claims to Be Part of Anonymous
A cop in Florida has some hobbies that trouble his supervisors
In France You Go to Jail for Saying 'They Were Right to Do That'
A law against condoning terrorism prescribes prison for rash remarks.
What Pope Francis Got Wrong About Free Expression
The right of people to be critical of religion-even their own-is a defense of the common good.
