Culture
Yale Law School pressured student to apologize for email that used the term “trap house”
Even in a world where attacks on free speech are common, this one is particularly incoherent.
Facebook announces special harassment protections for journalists and “human rights defenders”
Unfortunately, the number of journalists defending human rights has dwindled.
Steven Crowder receives one-week YouTube ban over video discussing transgender inmate impregnating women prisoner
Some topics are increasingly difficult to discuss on mainstream social media platforms due to overzealous censorship.
UK academic union accused of issuing statement to silence Professor Kathleen Stock
Stock says the statement has effectively “ended” her career.
Raiders coach John Gruden resigns over leaked private decade-old emails
In the online era, journalists like to dig up old comments.
Netflix stands by Dave Chappelle after calls for censorship
Netflix says it supports “artistic freedom.”
“Civil rights group” and Twitter activists demand Netflix cancel Dave Chappelle
“If this is what being canceled is like, I love it.”
Twitter tests prompts for “heated” and “intense” conversations
The coddling of the Twitter user’s mind.
UK regulator tells video platforms to crack down on “hate speech” and make users “safer”
UK’s nanny state releases a new report.
France blames America’s export of “woke” culture for erosion of free speech
Though Macron also does a good job of that himself.