The Feds Are Talking to Social Media Companies Again
Unless the Supreme Court rules against this practice, it is certain to continue.
Unless the Supreme Court rules against this practice, it is certain to continue.
Executive VP of FIRE Nico Perrino discusses the history and legality of campus protests.
The lottery winner is suing an ex-girlfriend based on a non-disclosure agreement aimed at concealing his identity. (The motion to unseal, at this point, is aimed at just unsealing various sealed documents in the case, not at disclosing the parties' names.)
The owner of the Comedy Cellar and viral podcaster wants to argue with you about Israel, the media, and whether women are funny.
Congress is "silencing the 170 million Americans who use the platform to communicate," the company argues.
Christian McGhee is suing, arguing a North Carolina assistant principal infringed on his free speech rights.
Abortion rights groups have sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall after he said he would prosecute anyone who facilitates legal out-of-state abortions.
"[T]his case is simply about whether a State may prevent people within its borders from going to another State, and from assisting others in going to another State, to engage in lawful conduct there."
Plus: A listener asks the editors about cancelling student loan debt.
The college had a legal right to break up the pro-Palestine encampment. But does that mean it should?
"And no matter how peaceful the students' behavior may be, unilaterally taking over a central portion of our campus for one side of a hotly disputed issue and precluding use by other members of our community is not right."
When may plaintiffs in highly politically controversial cases sue pseudonymously, in order to avoid public hostility?
The former Senator says "the adults are still in charge" in Gainesville
An interesting report that helps explain why the messaging, tactics, and methods adopted by campus protestors have been so similar across the country.
A Jewish journal argues the problem is not the Act's definition of antisemitism, but the larger anti-speech bureaucratic edifice.
"I am writing today to reiterate the reasons why the encampment is so problematic and why I am calling on you to end it."
The protesters deserve criticism—but Congress is the real threat.
"We will continue to fight for the right to access the internet without intrusive government oversight," says the group challenging the law.
Plus: Ceasefire negotiations, Chinese regulators, American crime, and more...
Tenth Circuit upholds preliminary injunction in favor of volunteer football coach, high school founder, and school district critic.
Even vile speech is protected, but violence and other rights violations are not.
Julian Assange and Priscilla Villarreal were both arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal.
David Knott helps clients retrieve unclaimed property from the government. The state has made it considerably harder for him to do that.
The latest video podcast episode from Prof. Jane Bambauer and me.
Plus, the significance of omitting "IDK."
Calls from the left and right to mimic European speech laws bring the U.S. to a crossroads between robust First Amendment protections and rising regulation.
The court held that the ADL's claims were factual assertions, and not just opinions; whether they are false assertions, and whether plaintiff is a limited-purpose public figure (who would therefore have to show knowing or reckless falsehood) remains to be decided.
even when he got the address through a public records request, and is trying to use it to show the chief lives far from town. The court concluded that the chief's "exact street address is not a matter of public concern" and therefore, under the circumstances, wasn't constitutionally protected.
The bill would allow the Education Department to effectively force colleges to suppress a wide range of protected speech.
How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets
Half the country says suppressing “false information” is more important than press freedom.