First Amendment
Glenn Greenwald to bring written reporting and commentary exclusively to Locals
A big name journalist joins the growing community platform.
Senator Ben Cardin: Those that “espouse hate” are not protected by the First Amendment
Senator Cardin is the latest politician to make inaccurate statements on free speech protections.
Congressman Ted Lieu defends FBI after Twitter Files revelation
Lieu says the FBI was only flagging “foreign influence operations” and “misinformation.”
FBI responds after revelations it flagged tweets for censorship
The statement put out by the FBI doesn’t answer to the depth of the allegations against the agency.
FBI flagged jokes and satirical accounts to Twitter for censorship
More evidence of the agency’s pervasive and secret online speech policing.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says he “strongly” suspects federal government directed Twitter to blacklist his account
The Stanford professor responds to Twitter’s secret censorship of his account.
US military official targets mom over Facebook post that criticized school’s promotion of “polysexual” art
The military official flagged the post to state and local law enforcement.
Investigation launches into possible State Department funding of third parties to censor online speech
Possible covert censorship tactics investigated.
CDC and Census Bureau had direct access to Twitter portal where they could flag speech for censorship
More Big Tech-Big Government censorship collusion.
SCOTUS hears case of web designer who won’t provide services to same-sex couples
A ruling is expected next year.