Free Speech
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Christian satirists sue Hawaii for criminalizing 'deceptive' election memes, after Calif. and Minn.
California laws targeted by Babylon Bee, Rumble, parodists and Elon Musk's X, blocked prior to Election Day, limp along in court as motions for summary judgment filed. Survey finds registered voters wary of regulation.
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Oregon's ban on Project Veritas reporting unites pro-life, animal rights, farm groups at SCOTUS
While farm groups disagree with Project Veritas on the merits, "the petition squarely presents a question of great importance" to their members and appeals courts are even contradicting themselves, farm groups tell high court.
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In DEI mandate lawsuit, California colleges won't promise to protect conservative faculty speech
At 9th Circuit hearing, community college system and local district are wary of disavowing they'll enforce policies against outspoken history professor after firing his colleague in yearslong battle between conservatives, progressives.
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In stunning reversal, judge tosses conservative professor's free speech suit based on peer's ordeal
Historian Daymon Johnson's First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against California's Kern Community College District got the green light in November, then a U.S. district judge rejected the finding and recommendations.
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Brazil unfreezes Elon Musk's X and Starlink assets after receiving $3.3 million payment
Approximately 7.28 million reais, which equals $1.3 million, were transferred from X, while 11.07 million reais, the equivalent of $1.99 million, were transferred from Starlink.
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Elected leaders worldwide call on Brazil to back off censorship as global elite call for more
Brazil's actions "could set a dangerous precedent that quickly spreads," EU, U.K., Mexico, South America leaders warn. Bill Gates floats real-time AI censorship, Robert Reich wants Musk arrested worldwide for "disseminating lies and hate."
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Big Tech invokes 'self-harm' to censor criticism of gender ideology, may ban 'misgendering' entirely
YouTube's concern about videos mentioning suicide doesn't apply to Robin Williams talking about killing himself, gory animation of Chinese genital self-mutilation. Meta Oversight Board reviewing its platforms' refusal to take down videos criticizing trans rules.
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Mom sues Arizona city, mayor, cop for arresting her for criticizing bureaucrat
"No American should be told to ‘stop talking’ or go to jail simply for speaking their minds at a city council meeting," Rebekah Massie's lawyer says.
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Free speech on 2024 ballot because entrenched disinformation policing infrastructure, analyst says
The warning comes as the censorship industry has found itself on the defensive recently after scrutiny ramped up efforts to police nebulously-defined mis- and disinformation online.
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Devin Nunes says Zuckerberg has a 'get out of jail free card' after participating in censorship
Nunes said that if a Republican tried to do what Zuckerberg did, they would likely be investigated for federal crimes.
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Mark Zuckerberg admits Biden administration 'pressured' Facebook to censor Americans
Zuckerberg explained that the Biden administration pressured his team for months in 2021 to censor "certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our team when we didn't agree."
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Academic freedom group blesses academic boycotts in 'context' of Israel war, calls GOP 'fascist'
American Association of University Professors undergoes similar evolution as ACLU, which is also losing one of its few remaining free-speech hawks. Former AAUP president says group is "parroting long-discredited" BDS claim, but contemporary accuses him of "incoherent rant."
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Censorship-industrial complex suffers setback under Musk suit, but critics say he'll 'lose the war'
"What Congress can do next is cut those billions in federal contracts and condition their reinstatement on removing those censorship filters," former Trump State official says.