Privacy and freespeech advocates, such as UK-based Open Rights Group, say that a social media ban for under-16s would be an ineffective response to online harms.
The FreeSpeech Union wrote on X that it is suing the Metropolitan Police for what it said was Linehan’s “wrongful arrest and false imprisonment, as well as breaches of his freespeech rights."
Reiners talks about the Public Order Act and how it’s being used to prosecute people for offensive social media posts, creating a chilling effect on freespeech.
Miller’s defense was that she was exercising her rights to freespeech and free exercise of religion, as protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
The Epoch Times’ Grace Coulter spoke to former British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who announced the launch of a new freespeech platform in Europe “with some help from our American allies.”
During the hearing, Rubio said, “We need to be strong defenders of freespeech everywhere in the world and anywhere in the world where it's being threatened, including, sadly, parts of Europe, where we're seeing truth and we're seeing freespeech now
There are lessons in freespeech and freedom of the press in these early sections, too, which adds a real-life component to the First Amendment decades later (his brother lands in jail for an editorial criticizing Boston officials).
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Institutional Capacity-Building Grants of the federal government also undermines freespeech and the pursuit of truth.
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Parents such as McGrath, Bogard, and Rogg hope the coming wave of litigation will compel tech companies to change how they operate and prioritize safety for young users.
Jacob Mchangama, from The Future of FreeSpeech at America's Vanderbilt University and author of the book "FreeSpeech: A History from Socrates to Social Media" (2022) said the proposed law "threatens to reach far beyond violence or direct incitement—reshaping
(Feng Li/Getty Images)A tug-of-war over freespeech last week had China's reform-talking Premier demanding more "truth telling," while the Central Propaganda Department (CPD) issued directives to clamp down even harder on the press—all on the same day
The high court’s decision in FreeSpeech Coalition v. Paxton held that the Texas law “exercises a State’s ‘traditional power’ to protect minors and has ‘only an incidental effect on protected speech,’” Fitch said.
Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), raised concerns about criticism of that map on freespeech grounds.
“Maps are protected by the First Amendment. ... If you don’t like somebody else’s map, you make your own map,” he said.
“For too long, Americans have been fined, harassed, and even charged by foreign authorities for exercising their freespeech rights,” Rubio announced in a post on social media platform X.
May 28, 2025By Chris Beers, Kevin Hogan, Stefania Cox
Support for restrictions on freespeech ranged from 49.7 percent of students at least somewhat agreeing with the statement "getting rid of inequality is more important than protecting the so-called 'right' to freespeech," to 57.9 percent saying they
The assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk raises alarm over freespeech in America. Kirk often warned about communist ideology. What did he say about the Chinese Communist Party?
