A free speech dispute over a New England town’s pastry shop painting heads to trial
A New Hampshire town and a bakery owner are scheduled for trial in a First Amendment dispute about a painting of a sun and ...
Nepal's social media bill raises free speech concerns
Critics argue that Nepal's proposed social media bill could stifle free speech, with provisions that grant the government ...
Mediaite8h
CNN’s Abby Phillip Smacks Down Scott Jennings On Trump Banning AP: ‘There Is Free Speech In This Country’
CNN anchor Abby Phillip smacked down analyst Scott Jennings when he defended Trump’s decision to ban the AP for ignoring his ...
Winnipeg Free Press10h
NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere
In just one speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week, the most powerful member of NATO has thrown the world’s ...
Cleveland16h
Ohio Senate bans diversity initiatives, polices topics taught in name of free speech on college campuses
Students erupted into protest, chanting "Higher Ed is dead" after Ohio Republican senators passed a controversial bill that would ban diversity initiatives.
csulauniversitytimes17h
Free speech comes at a cost
Since the ratification of the Constitution in 1791, free speech has been one of the United States’ core principles. American ...
What are the legalities around hate speech and free speech?
Fighting words are not protected speech. The test for whether hate speech is protected or not comes from a 1969 court case, Brandenburg v. Ohio, which stemmed from a Ku Klux Klan rally in Cincinnati.
asiapacificreport.nz21h
Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free speech
The 2016 Cybercrime Act has been used to silence criticism and creates a chilling effect, said Civicus Monitor. The law has ...