The survey of over 50,000 students also found that 37 percent of students said it was "sometimes" or "always" acceptable to shout down a speaker, up from 31 percent last year.
The chaplain's post "discuss[ed] 'how God designed each person as male or female, and that sex is immutable'" and "stated it is unfair to allow males to compete in women's sports."
The mandate required platforms to, among other things, report to the state "how the terms of service define and address (a) hate speech or racism; (b) extremism or radicalization; (c) disinformation or misinformation; (d) harassment; and (e) foreign political interference, as well as statistics on content that was flagged by the social media company as belonging to any of the categories."
"The Community Guidelines' prohibitions of, inter alia, 'homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, ableism, racism, or any other forms of oppressive beliefs or behaviors,' 'name-calling,' and 'disrespect' are prohibitions against ideas that offend, and therefore discriminate on the basis of viewpoint in violation of the First Amendment."
"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties," said one researcher. "This is a dictator's fantasy."
You don't promote acceptance by locking people up for victimless crimes.
Officials suspend efforts to force X to suppress the world’s access to video of a crime.
Yes, when the restriction is being imposed by the government.
Eric Levitz argues that the left should take a stand against censorship—for practical rather than principled reasons.
A Jewish journal argues the problem is not the Act's definition of antisemitism, but the larger anti-speech bureaucratic edifice.
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.
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I'm against it, whomever it's coming from.
“Even open democracies have implemented restrictive measures,” finds a global report.
and also because private clubs generally have broad discretion in interpreting their internal rules.
Restricting speech about the world's most pressing problems does not make them go away, nor does it settle any disputes.
Liz Magill and two other university leaders provoked bipartisan outrage by defending freedom of expression on campus.
Younger Americans, in particular, appear to support calls for Palestinian liberation, but do they understand what a common slogan means?
"And in (partial) defense of Harvard President Claudine Gay's controversial congressional testimony."
"Conservatives like Rep. Elise Stefanik should ask themselves: Do you honestly believe this [proposed new rule against "calls for genocide"] won't be weaponized to ban an Israeli cabinet official from speaking at Penn? An Israeli Defense Force soldier?"
"Double standards are frustrating, but we should address them by demanding free speech be protected consistently — not by expanding the calls for censorship."
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“We've taught young people that any of their missteps or any of their heterodox opinions are grounds to tear them down. That's no way to grow up.”
“We've taught young people that any of their missteps or any of their heterodox opinions are grounds to tear them down. That's no way to grow up.”
Democrats and Republicans are united in thinking their political agendas trump the First Amendment.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression responds.
Even content creators outside of New York would feel its effects.
"For the most part, the American Civil Liberties Union, Young Americans for Freedom, and the Babylon Bee don't see eye to eye."
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A federal judge compared Waylon Bailey’s Facebook jest to "falsely shouting fire in a theatre."
