The free speech champion said the new legislation means universities and colleges "must promote, and take steps to secure, academic freedom and free speech” within the law. "Free speech for just one side is not free speech at all.

Under the new act, universities have a duty to promote free speech and a complaints system within the OfS for students and staff who feel that their lawful free speech has been hindered. Fines Speaking to the newspaper, Ms.

Some political leaders maintain Canada’s free speech rights are in jeopardy. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has proposed having a “Free Speech Guardian” on university campuses.

“By suppressing free speech and intentionally distorting public debate in the modern town square, ideas and policies were no longer fairly tested and debated on their merits.”

don’t typically enjoy unfettered rights to free speech.

Elon Musk said that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, would sue organizations funded by financier George Soros that allegedly pushed for a crackdown on free speech. Mr.

"Free speech is essential," Scruggs explicated.

A teacher who wore a "Make America Great Again" hat to school was engaging in constitutionally-protected free speech, a U.S. appeals court has ruled.

Commentary Last school year, the Toronto District School Board sent home a student survey that asked incredibly intrusive questions about race and sexuality that troubled a lot of parents. My young kids received the survey and it troubled me. The point of the survey was supposedly to learn more about the composition of the student […]

“Disney and ESPN clearly admit their liability by offering to pay Sage Steele more than half a million dollars for taking away her right to free speech," Mr. Freedman stated. "The offer misses the point.

He said these offences could chill free speech and undermine the principles of proportionality and fairness in Canada's justice system.

effect on the free speech of those who disagree with the ideology underpinning those policies," such as gender identity ideology and critical race theory. 

But even if he is the most detestable person on Earth, with the most indefensible of views, it's no excuse for torturing the law to criminalize speech, imperiling the rights of everyone.

Where we are in troubled waters here, in my opinion, is the criminalization of thought and free speech.

“To protect free speech and ensure their educational communities’ safety, universities must clarify that the use of force or mob rule to silence speech is not an exercise in free speech—it is censorship,” Nordstrom said.

Hate Speech or Free Speech It is hard to conceive why any elected politician would reject such a measure that would enhance freedom of political communication.

Fox is now claiming that Carlson breached his contract, and the debate is turning into a broader conversation on First Amendment rights to free speech. After Carlson left Fox News, rumors swirled about where he would go next.

We are committed to ensuring that free speech and academic freedom are reflected in both our policies and practices and that free speech and debate are promoted, except where there are serious concerns about public disorder or the direct incitement of

“As a city we respect free speech but also have a duty to call out speech that does not reflect our city and its values,” Mr. Lyster wrote on the city’s official Twitter page.

Free Speech Union Bryn Harris, chief legal counsel at the Free Speech Union told The Epoch Times that traditionally with basic liberties in this country, "it was presumed that you were free to do it unless the law said otherwise." Mr.

The lawsuit alleges that DeSantis and his appointees violated the company's right to free speech, as well as the contracts clause, by taking over the special governing district that previously had been controlled by Disney supporters after Disney opposed

It also accused Oxford Union of “disregarding” the welfare of the society’s members under the guise of free speech.

Supreme Court to undo a part of a deal he made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that required vetting of his online posts, alleging that the deal violates his free speech rights, Mr.

The index measures how tolerant a corporation is when it comes to respecting free speech and religious freedom.

British Police forces are failing to train officers on the importance of free speech, according to a new report by the Free Speech Union.

Young told The Epoch Times: "This is an attempt by a group of people who value free speech to push back against a new and growing rationale for censorship, which is to protect people from misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and hate speech

A free-speech group has filed a lawsuit against Oklahoma State University (OSU) over policies that it alleges violate constitutional rights to free speech.

Cancel culture is having a “chilling effect” on free speech, Baroness Claire Fox has warned. The author and politician described the growing clampdown on dissenting voices as “censorious."

Commentary The Supreme Court on Monday heard hours of argument in two free-speech cases, Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton.