When Is It Unethical to Publicly Identify an Anonymous Speaker?
The @LibsOfTikTok controversy brings up this question, though the broader question is an old one.
The @LibsOfTikTok controversy brings up this question, though the broader question is an old one.
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Jonathan Wall, whose federal trial begins on May 2, notes that many people openly engage in similar conduct with impunity.
"I think it's very important for there to be an exclusive arena for free speech," says Musk.
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In Japan, even very young children are seen as capable.
$43 billion takeover bid reveals knowledge-class anxieties over free expression
Empyreal Logistics agreed to drop its claims against the Justice Department, but it is still suing San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus.
Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez has yet to explain how this egregious error escaped his notice.
The libertarian vision of an 'uncontrolled' internet is not the dream of dictators.
One of Ralph Petty's victims is trying to hold him accountable, but she will have to overcome prosecutorial immunity.
The ATF used a lot of words that invite lawsuits and leave industry insiders baffled.
The same logic, of course, would apply to criticism of other countries and governments, such as China, Russia, the Palestinian government, and more.
More than 25 million people remain locked down in Shanghai, with Guangzhou—a city of 18 million—looking primed to follow.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is taking advantage of the state's lax laws that make it easier to file frivolous lawsuits intended to quell speech.
As Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez belatedly conceded, that charge is explicitly prohibited by the Texas Penal Code.
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The court based its decision on the US Supreme Court's 2021 decision in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid.
So a federal district court held, reversing an earlier magistrate judge ruling on this point; the court also rejected the view that the Free Press Clause only protects "members of the press."
Sex, money, and the future of online free speech
When a college sophomore mocked Young Americans for Freedom for its stance on trans athletes, the conservative group ran to the university to file a complaint.
Some thoughts for me responding to Rick Hasen's, in a Balkinization symposium on Rick's new book, "Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to Cure It"
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Jeff Kosseff's The United States of Anonymous makes a strong case for letting people hide behind the First Amendment.
That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.
Several German states have announced they will prosecute those who publicly display the letter Z in support of Russia.
It's not supporting “parents’ rights” to censor topics at private schools that families decide to send their children to.
Reporting that makes Black Lives Matter look bad should not be covered up by social media companies.
Left-leaning outlets and tech giants tried to label them disinformation—until they no longer could.
Maybe it shows that the existing restrictions are not working as advertised.
The author of the definitive history of Section 230 is back with a controversial new book, The United States of Anonymous.
The ACLU of Northern California is suing to overturn the ordinance.
The letter is dated April 29, 2021, when Martin was three years into a 10-year sentence for a brutal assault on his girlfriend; he was released in February.
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