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John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the press would mean the end of the republic.
Legal experts see a current lawsuit against the environmental group Greenpeace as a classic example of using litigation to stifle public criticism.
Hate speech can harm, but where does art cross the line from thought-provoking into genuinely harmful?
A letter from the Trump administration warns educational institutions that they’ll lose federal funding if they don’t abandon so-called DEI programs. That could change education in the US.
Everyone in today’s democracies could use a few lessons in free speech – and the Trump team tops the list.
Christian history shows how bishops have used bold speech to challenge the powerful.
Josh Bornstein, the employment lawyer who represents Antoinette Lattouf in her case against the ABC (as well as various union clients), argues that individual liberty is under threat.
Haaretz is a strong critic of Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
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.
Misinformation suppression laws can actually make the problem of erroneous beliefs worse.
Despite what some critics argue, the bill does not give the government power to censor or prosecute people for what they say. But it does have some potential problems.
The US has a long history of blasphemy laws, which reflect the complex fight for freedom of religion and speech.
Formulaic appeals to “free speech” do not remove the need to critically challenge extreme and antidemocratic views.
The ban follows a long-running battle between Brazil’s supreme court and Elon Musk. It shows the country will no longer tolerate tech giants ignoring the rule of law.
The author of a new book about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University explains why using armed troops to respond to protests is a risky strategy.
Florida and Texas sought to prevent social media companies from deciding which posts can be promoted, demoted or blocked. The Supreme Court said the tech companies can moderate as they please.
While labelling satire seems like a fine idea in theory, in reality it probably wouldn’t work. It also takes away from my right (and yours) to be fooled.
Nothing Hamas has done was comparable to October 7, and nothing Israel has done is comparable to what it continues to do since that day. Student protests, in this context, inspire a measure of hope.
The Canadian government’s refusal to include a description of anti-Palestinian racism sends the message that the struggles of Palestinians don’t matter.
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