Manufactured Culture Wars
The two major political parties are more alike than they are different when it comes to abortion and free speech.
Free Speech
Pianist Thinks He Can Use 'Right to Be Forgotten' Law to Remove His Bad Reviews, Accidentally Outs Himself as a Thin-Skinned Censor Instead
Dejan Lazic discovers the Streisand Effect.
French Town Bans Clown Costumes Amid Nationwide 'Aggressive Clown' Terror
SPOILER ALERT: This story also involves Clown Hunters
Why Sermons, Tweets, and Campus Speech Are Targets of Liberal Censorship Attempts
Censorship isn't just for conservatives anymore. The First Amendment is under fire from all directions.
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against IRS Over Targeting
Everything is fixed, there's nothing to see here...
The Government's "Truthy" Squad Monitors Political Speech on Twitter. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The reference to Stephen Colbert is cute, but the feds' unbridled passion to monitor our communications is surely no joke.
Gay Egyptians Worry the Government Has Been Using a Hookup App to Track Them
Grindr: tool of the state?
University Violates Its Own Speech Code; Free Speech Group Discovers a Drawback to Pointing This Out
Free expression takes a blow at the University of New Mexico.
How Internet Activism Helps Sex Workers
Marginalized groups seek justice, community, and self-help online.
Facebook Promises Changes to 'Real Name' Policy
Had been focus of anger from drag queens and transgender people
How Liberals Became the New Book Banners
The First Amendment is under fire from the progressive left.
How Bureaucrats Tried and Failed to Make TV Suck
The history of all things televisionish has been one of fraught relationships between rising innovators and grasping regulators.
'Watching the Game' Has Found a Completely Different Meaning Online
A massive, worldwide audience has developed to watch people play video games, and it's worth billions.
