Free Speech Under Assault Free speech is under assault in America and other Western democracies, Levin notes, but unlike in more closed societies it does not entail violence.

“Imagine the silencing of free speech if the government had already taken ownership stakes in these firms!” Reuters contributed to this report.

The New York Times report prompted criticism from lawmakers and rights groups, who have raised concerns regarding free speech and due process. Sen.

Defend free speech. Protect public order. Strengthen families. Rebuild the military. Demand competence from government. Put children ahead of systems and citizens ahead of bureaucracies.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations and human rights group PEN criticized the universities’ actions as threats to free speech. The very concept of free speech was sparked by an event similar to our contemporary clashes over free expression.

Yet there are concerns, particularly from the Free Speech Union, about the implications on individual privacy.

This properly established freedom of the press as being predicated on the average citizen’s right to free speech.

Kaley Chiles, a licensed therapist, challenged the law in 2022, saying it violated her First Amendment free speech rights.

The order states the Biden administration “trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms” through pressure on social media companies to moderate or suppress content.

The Combatting Hate Act (Bill C-9) has placed further restrictions on the free speech of Canadians.

This then led to a lawsuit by the brothers' parents over free speech. Can school administrators exercise this much discretion when deciding whether something is vulgar? This case appears to be far-reaching, as evidenced by the U.S.

“This sort of censorship, based on the fear of the free speech principles Parliament House obviously doesn’t understand, only promotes the material being censored."

Free speech 5. The Bill of Rights 6. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense 7. Limits on government 8. Individual rights 9. Pursuit of happiness 10. Self-reliance 11. Federalism 12. The Liberty Bell 13. We the People 14. Consent of the governed 15.

Here, speech regulators can also collaborate with the European Union, which has enacted the Digital Services Act, a law that greatly limits free speech online.

CNews Defenders See Free Speech at Risk “France is not a free country,” Gilles-William Goldnadel, a French lawyer, president of the NGO Lawyers Without Borders, and a commentator on CNews, told The Epoch Times, adding that he “was weighing each of these

FIRE’s 2026 College Free Speech Rankings, published on Sept. 9, gave U.S. colleges an F grade for poor free speech climate.

They were joined by parents, churchgoers, students, and young activists from across Europe and beyond to discuss artificial intelligence, prosperity, energy abundance, free speech, demographic decline, transgenderism, and other challenges facing the West

In the order, Trump suggested that the “previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate

Vance’s first visit to the UK comes after his sharp criticism of the country’s free speech record.

The rest of the revenue—tariffs on imports from Mexico (fentanyl tax), Canada (fentanyl and the transshipment penalty), India (Russian and Venezuelan oil tax), Japan (trade deal), and Brazil (free speech tax)—accounted for 10.4 percent.

Reges said that after 39 years of teaching, his fight for free speech almost cost him his “dream job.”

And if platforms fail to comply, they face exorbitant fines, thus providing clear incentives to censor and none to promote free speech.

Since students accept that the instruction and materials they are seeking constitute government speech, this is fatal to their case, as the government’s own speech “is not restricted by the Free Speech Clause.”

Free speech is a birthright that you gave us, and you guys decided not to codify it, and now it's poof, it's basically gone.

"The EU should be supporting free speech, not attacking American companies over garbage."

Speech Supporting Assassination Has Consequences Following Kirk’s killing, some individuals openly celebrated online or in the workplace—sparking widespread debate about free speech.

Ultimately, it may have to be left up to a court to decide if section 48 is a violation of free speech, the senior fellow said.

PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for free speech, said in a legal brief that the Iowa law "is part of a troubling national trend of educational censorship and has already caused substantial harm."

Free speech has become a dark topic in Britain and, absurdly, a stance on which indicates where on the political spectrum you sit. 

ASU ranks 23rd in FIRE’s Free Speech Rankings, with a score of 70 and a grade of C- for its speech climate.