Culture
Ireland wants to criminalize “online hateful content”
A further threat to free speech.
Facebook, Instagram, and Google censor upcoming Alex Jones documentary, Alex’s War
Banned from advertising.
UK leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch wanted to stop police investigating people over tweets
The only online free speech candidate.
GLAAD CEO calls for “government intervention” to stop “hate speech” online
Calls to violate the First Amendment.
Reddit bans “anti-LGBTQ+ ‘groomer’ slur”
As activists call for Twitter to follow suit.
Mayoral candidate Maureen Martin, allegedly fired over Christian views on marriage, plans to sue
Employers allegedly combed through her tweets.
Appeals court says student’s Nazi Snapchat joke is protected by the First Amendment
The lawsuit against the school for punishing the student can proceed.
Nextdoor censors “God Bless America” post
“Spam” and “discrimination.”
University of South Alabama professors punished after old Halloween costume photos were posted online
From a 2014 Halloween party.
Typically pro-censorship senators call for Facebook to stop censoring abortion content
Selectively supporting free speech.
Hate “expert” dismisses free speech as a “rallying call for the far-right”
“I think it was really amplified by the emergence of the alt-right in particular.”