free speech

Legal experts say the TikTok divest-or-ban bill could stand up in court despite being a free-speech disaster

Politics
Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden signed the TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law on Wednesday. TikTok said it would challenge the law in court, citing ...

TikTok says US House bill that could ban app would ‘trample’ free speech

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok on Sunday repeated its free-speech concerns about a bill passed by the House of Representatives that ...

Supreme Court justices express free speech concerns about GOP-backed social media laws

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with knotty free speech questions as it weighed laws in Florida and Texas that ...

The Supreme Court takes on mega social media cases. Will it even matter?

Politics
Amanda Smith

Big Tech platforms and their Republican critics are bracing for a faceoff in the Supreme Court on Monday over the policing of ...

What to know as Julian Assange faces a ruling on his U.S. extradition case over WikiLeaks secrets

World
David Turner

London — Lawyers for Julian Assange on Tuesday launched their final appeal to a U.K. court against plans for the WikiLeaks founder to be ...

Judge dismisses Florida pro-Palestinian student groups’ free speech lawsuits against DeSantis

U.S.
Amanda Smith

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed two free speech lawsuits brought by pro-Palestine university student groups in Florida against Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

The Fall of Penn’s President Brings Campus Free Speech to a Crossroads

Politics
Amanda Smith

The toppling of the University of Pennsylvania’s president, Elizabeth Magill, four days after her testimony before Congress on whether to punish students ...

Police ‘fail to investigate hate speech against white people’

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Police are failing to investigate cases of hate speech against white people, a report by a free market think tank has said. ...

Rescuing dissent: Inside the year-long mission to bring prominent Putin critics to UC Berkeley

Trending
Sarah Wilson

In February 2022, Ilya Matveev knew his life was in jeopardy. The prominent critic of Vladimir Putin had devoted his decade-plus academic ...

Supreme Court pauses limits on feds’ contact with social media companies

Politics
Amanda Smith

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to temporarily pause a lower court’s order that limited the contact Biden administration officials could ...