Free Speech
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School districts sued for banning books that teach sex is real, crucifix from educators' offices
Teachers can promote political causes championed by the union but not show books that reassure children about their bodies, suit claims. Principal denies calling crucifix an "idol" and questioning Catholic teacher's faith.
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'Rigged from the start': Bureaucrats face personal liability for firing 'Black privilege' professor
Judge denies qualified immunity to four University of Central Florida administrators including president, tasks jury with considering punitive damages. Two have moved on to Texas Tech, Yale.
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Professor punished for mocking 'land acknowledgment' on syllabus finds sympathy from appeals court
While University of Washington tells 9th Circuit it struck "perfect balance" between First Amendment rights of Stuart Reges and his students' feelings, judges suggest his punishment didn't match supposed harm to students.
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YouTube stands by decision to slap age restrictions on Catholic League video slamming Disney
Interview subjects in the documentary, "Walt's Disenchanted Kingdom," claim Disney's leadership has sacrificed the company's family-friendly image to woke rebranding in a misguided effort to secure future viewers and crack the Chinese market.
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University of Texas sued for First Amendment retaliation against faculty for criticizing DEI
Professor Richard Lowery cites chilling effects following his criticism of politicized spending. Texas A&M files to dismiss same professor's lawsuit against racial and gender criteria in hiring and salary.
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Email disclosures leave 'breadcrumbs' leading to government-Twitter election censorship collusion
Twitter executive fired by Musk, Election Integrity Partnership leader discuss how to get around "troubling" comments voiced at DHS Cybersecurity Advisory Committee meeting.
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Another Minnesota college censors art to prevent 'non-consensual viewing' by Muslim students
Macalester College briefly shut down exhibit with partially disrobed women in hijabs, then reopened with curtains and content warning.
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Former top Twitter exec: We've used 'visibility filtering' to suppress certain political content
Chairman Comer argued that Twitter worked with the FBI to 'monitor the protected speech of Americans' with the Hunter Biden laptop story as an example but a former Twitter exec says he doesn't recall talking to the FBI about it
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Georgetown gets 'Lifetime Censorship Award' from campus free speech watchdogs
Other offenders on Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression list dinged for censoring students, punishing faculty, DEI requirements, drag-related controversies.
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'Refuse to be canceled,' near-canceled legal scholar tells students
Ilya Shapiro, who quit Georgetown rather than wait to get fired for offending students again, says 'exogenous shock' needed to reform illiberal law schools.
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Faculty overwhelmingly demand president's resignation for 'Islamophobic' Muhammad art debacle
Fayneese Miller initially said art history professor should have put "respect for the observant Muslim students in that classroom" over academic freedom.
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Canadian journalist praises Elon Musk for shining light on censorship issues at Twitter
"Elon Musk has stopped the censorship culture at Twitter," said Ezra Levant.
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Jim Jordan vows to find a legislative solution to keep government and Big Tech away from censorship
Big Tech platforms such as Twitter have been exposed recently for colluding with government agencies such as the FBI to censor information and monitor "misinformation."
