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The detention of noncitizen university students after their Palestinian rights activism raises questions about the limits of free speech. Rob Dobi/Moment/Getty Images

Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?

The Trump administration says it can deport noncitizen students that create foreign security threats. The Supreme Court might ultimately decide the limits of these residents’ free speech.
The CEOs of Meta, Amazon, Google and X – Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk – attend the inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025. Photo by Ricky Carioti - Pool/Getty Images

Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation

Trump Media and Rumble joining X in legal fight against the Brazilian Supreme Court marks a new era of deregulation pushes.
Up to 500,000 people across the U.S., including children, received offensive, anonymous text messages in the days after the election. Nolwen Cifuentes/fStop via Getty Images

Threatening texts targeting minorities after election were vile − but they might not be illegal

The First Amendment might complicate plans to prosecute the people who sent up to 500,000 anonymous messages in November calling Black people ‘slaves,’ among other hate speech.

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