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“By taking principled, consistent stands for academic freedom and free speech, people on the left and the right can protect everyone,” @conor64 writes: https://t.co/2l6eAKByFV
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 21, 2021
If the First Amendment’s guarantee of a free press means anything, it has to mean that the government cannot seize reporters’ phone and email records in the hope of smoking out their confidential sources. https://t.co/PAolv5rX5P
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) June 9, 2021
Opinion: Safety is starting to outrun free speech online. Are we okay with that? https://t.co/ubqGlITjMT
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 9, 2021
Long an unequivocal defender of free speech, the ACLU is facing an internal split over whether that conflicts with advocacy for progressive causes. https://t.co/XLTz8uUBrj
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) June 8, 2021
“Being forced to tell the government who reads what on our websites is a clear violation of the First Amendment.” https://t.co/L3APx95q8o
— Slate (@Slate) June 7, 2021
Two technology groups filed a lawsuit in Tallahassee federal court challenging a controversial bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis said is aimed at cracking down on social media censorship. Opponents say the bill is an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. https://t.co/CAHhDGZNHG
— POLITICO (@politico) May 27, 2021
The fate of academic freedom and campus free speech in the age of social media and political polarization (opinion) https://t.co/8jHbOIEsmg pic.twitter.com/SjPOqjSiuZ
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) May 19, 2021
The Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on a case that could upend 50 years of progress to support L.G.B.T.Q. children in the foster system in the name of religious freedom, write Stephen Vider and David S. Byers. https://t.co/WaoDm1wOly
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) June 6, 2021
Former Reddit C.E.O. @ekp says content moderation has “never been about free speech.” https://t.co/1aQWseXnai
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) June 8, 2021
Religious freedom requires more than an absence of violence and discrimination. It is a prepolitical natural right. https://t.co/NXoSJZjybO
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) May 18, 2021
Free speech groups are calling the arrest of a Connecticut high school student an unusual move by police that raises First Amendment issues.https://t.co/xhfmLCMpKT
— Education Week (@educationweek) May 19, 2021
Is Biden the champion of press freedom he makes himself out to be? Not so far. https://t.co/DmUcNy6DT7
— The Week (@TheWeek) June 10, 2021
The senators also asked Garland how his department plans to revise its policy on free speech rights of immigration judges. https://t.co/GPD0ES4jCO
— Roll Call (@rollcall) May 24, 2021
Law enforcement can use Clearview AI’s tech to instantaneously identify and track individuals.
This could inhibit Californians from exercising their constitutional right to protest, a new lawsuit argues. https://t.co/TF4ZNcgAhE
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 10, 2021
The Right Path: Cutting Costs and Cultivating Free Speech https://t.co/DqoBmf8yYU
— RealClearEducation (@RealClearEd) May 21, 2021
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet said the act “profoundly undermines press freedom.” https://t.co/k8TtIXZ5ag
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 3, 2021
The Biden administration’s global human rights report lays out sharp criticism of the Trump administration for placing religious freedom above all other rights, even if it meant excluding fair treatment of the LGBTQ community and others. https://t.co/SZwLHusUUq
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 30, 2021
Supreme Court debates student free speech rights on social media. https://t.co/xcHcuSdkjP
— Nightline (@Nightline) April 28, 2021
If an overwhelming majority of respondents are enthusiastic supporters of free speech, why has this freedom been in global decline for more than a decade?https://t.co/shiWuAeUwp
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) June 9, 2021