Free Speech
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Free Speech Reparations? Lawmaker introduces bill making feds personally liable for quashing speech
Hageman said that a lot of First Amendment rights were violated in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdowns. A new bill may hold individual government employees liable for violating Americans' rights.
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Conservative content said to go dark in Europe, as Google unites with right against EU censorship
Charlie Kirk podcast reportedly blocked on Apple Podcasts in EU, Bible website can only be reached on VPNs. Jim Jordan flexes as Google calls EU a global speech threat, apologizes for "well-intentioned" COVID censorship.
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YouTube will let users booted for 'repeated violations' of COVID, elections policies 'rejoin'
Promise made in letter to House Judiciary Committee that also says Biden administration officials committed "unacceptable and wrong" pressure on company to remove content that didn't violate policies.
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Charlie Kirk vigils prompt physical and legal fights, as conservatives seek equal campus treatment
City says banning prayer from vendor space is constitutional. Young America's Foundation asks college leaders to sign "contract" pledging to welcome conservative speakers, allocate "appropriate security" without discriminatory fees.
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Student support for violence, bans on 'controversial' speech hits 'record highs' in annual survey
Tolerance for violence to stop a campus speech, "at least rarely," jumps 10 percentage points in four years. Most students would block even extremely liberal speakers. Med school accreditor ditches DEI requirements, DEI office.
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Many colleges deserve a failing grade when it comes to protecting speech, report warns
Student survey at 257 schools reveals a poor free speech climate, less tolerance for controversial speakers, and more acceptance of aggressive tactics to silence students.
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Minnesota school district punished pro-deportation teacher for 'disruption,’ lawsuit alleges
Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools told all district employees and families of students in Brooke Zahn's school about her post agreeing with Tom Homan in a private Facebook group after progressive activists got it, demanded firing.
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Liberal groups back pro-life pregnancy centers against Democratic attorney general at Supreme Court
"Even if a subpoena targeting First Amendment activity is never enforced in court, the subpoena will give its targets a very good reason to clam up" and its "members and supporters a very good reason to abandon the cause," ACLU says.
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Nurse suspended, fined for saying men are men, giving Canada's Conservatives new path to victory
Nursing regulator portrays $93,000 fine as a steal for single mother Amy Hamm, given "risk of harm" she caused despite no one claiming to be a victim. Pollievre calls Hamm after not mentioning speech threats in by-election victory speech.
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UK speech police could break Wikipedia, keep punishing Christian expression: critics
If crowdsourced encyclopedia loathed by American conservatives is put under strict regulation, "that would have to be justified as proportionate if it were not to amount to a breach of the right to freedom of expression," judge says.
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'Gobsmacked': Trump's DOJ seeks to dismiss lawsuit alleging Biden censorship by proxy
President Trump's executive order to "identify and take appropriate action to correct past misconduct by the Federal Government related to censorship of protected speech" is good enough, DOJ tells court.
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Colleges that protect free speech exceed those that 'clearly' don't, first time in 19-year study
Dartmouth gets back its "green light" rating, only Ivy League school whose policies "do not seriously imperil free expression" in free speech group's annual rankings. Upper Midwest dominates most censorious public colleges.
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'Creeping collectivism': Appeals court upholds ideological mandate on doctors to keep licenses
Dr. Azadeh Khatibi's lawyers warn "there is little to stop governments around the country from compelling continuing education instructors in any trade or profession to profess all manner of controversial state-endorsed topics."