Utah Law Gives Parents Full Access to Teens' Social Media
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TikTok's CEO served as little more than a punching bag for lawmakers with a dizzying array of big tech grievances.
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The legal challenge to censorship by proxy highlights covert government manipulation of online speech.
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The 11th Circuit panel refused to lift an injunction against the law.
"Professors are not mouthpieces for the government," says FIRE's Joe Cohn. "For decades, the Supreme Court of the United States has defended professors' academic freedom from governmental intrusion."
Americans shouldn't have to fight to the death to defend their foes' right to speak, but they should at least stop trying to censor, shame, shun and destroy each other.
Understanding what’s at stake in United States v. Hansen
The bill now bans a battery of poorly-defined "Critical Theory" concepts, and prevents schools from funding programs that promote "diversity, equity, and inclusion."
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Members of Congress showed their true colors at a Thursday hearing.
State legislators "have independent agency to do things. I don't control every single bill that has been filed," said DeSantis on Tuesday.
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Contrary to the Supreme Court's First Amendment precedents, Donald Trump thinks harsh criticism of the president should be actionable.
Michael Friend was arrested in 2018 for holding a sign that read "Cops Ahead" near a police checkpoint. That arrest violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The latest bid to amend Section 230 would threaten free speech and creators' ability to monetize content while also subjecting tech companies to a flood of frivolous lawsuits.
Although Rupert Murdoch admits that Lou Dobbs and other hosts "endorsed" the "stolen election" narrative, Fox's lawyers insist that is not true.
A new survey from FIRE reveals rampant illiberalism and self-censorship among young faculty.
A New York Times story about the state's location-specific gun bans glosses over the vast territory they cover.
The Court’s decisions in Gonzalez and subsequent cases could lead to impossible, incompatible consequences.
Florida's H.B. 999 claims to support "viewpoint diversity" and "intellectual rigor." It does just the opposite.
"The current law is that parents have a right to direct the education of their child,'' said the bill's sponsor. "And this is a parents' rights state.''
"The bill is an aggressive and blatantly unconstitutional attempt to rewrite defamation law in a manner that protects the powerful from criticism by journalists and the public," said one attorney.
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"Today's decision is a victory for the First Amendment that should be celebrated by everyone who hopes to see the internet continue as a place where even difficult and contentious issues can be debated and discussed freely," said one attorney.
A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disinformation.
Reason is listed among the "ten riskiest online news outlets" by a government-funded disinfo tracker.
Because of a series of misleading memes, a troll has been charged with conspiracy "to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States."
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A rogues’ gallery of institutions that anybody with an independent mind should skip.
The paper is unfazed by First Amendment objections to the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation" on social media.
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Congress should set its sights on bad government actors who pressured social media companies.
Apparently, parents’ rights don’t extend to letting their kids listen to naughty Christmas lyrics.
Now a judge has cleared him of wrongdoing and struck down the rule used to justify the arrest.
Normal human interaction should not automatically be considered creepy or criminal.
"My intention is to ensure that all Americans from the wealthiest millionaire to the poorest homeless person can exercise these rights without fear of consequence from our government," said Jeff Gray.
The proposal is "about behavior modification," argued state Sen. Patty Kuderer, likening the government's role in promoting voting to that of a parent.
"Everybody should have an expectation that they can put a sign in their yard and speak on a certain topic," a lawyer for the couple said.
The Vienna Green Party had demanded a scheduled performance of the reunited heavy metal band be canceled because of a 2016 incident in which singer Phil Anselmo threw out a Nazi salute.
One federal judge thought the state's new restrictions on medical advice were clear, while another saw a hopeless muddle.
They both share in their authoritarian desires to censor online speech and violate citizen privacy.
U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb says the law is unconstitutionally vague.
"The Town has routinely detained, cited, and forced Mr. Brunet to go to trial to vindicate his constitutional rights, taking the extraordinary step of adopting a boldly unconstitutional local Ordinance to silence him," the complaint reads.
Priscilla Villarreal's case will be heard again tomorrow at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She has attracted some unlikely supporters.
"In short, the controlling motivations for the suspension were the interest in bringing down a reform prosecutor," the judge wrote.