First Amendment
Julian Assange makes rare court appearance relating to upcoming extradition hearing
The extradition hearing is coming up near the end of February.
Candace Owens gets AOC to unblock her on Twitter with legal demand notice
AOC unblocked Owens to avoid litigation.
Lawsuit filed against high school principal after police were contacted over meme account
The principal, Traci L. Smith, contacted the police over the memes.
Minnesota court says revenge porn is free speech, now it may go to the Supreme Court for final say
Courts can’t agree so it’s likely the Supreme Court will have to weigh in.
Judge dismisses Wikimedia case against the NSA
Somehow Wikimedia has to prove that it’s being surveilled, even though that surveillance would be secret.
Civil liberties groups defend anonymous parody Twitter accounts against Devin Nunes lawsuit
The groups say the First Amendment protects the accounts.
Joy Behar: Facebook’s biggest crime is “spreading hate speech”
Behar agreed with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s call to censor social media.
Sweden rape case against Julian Assange is dropped as prosecutor admits evidence “weakened”
Assange has avoided extradition to Sweden for the last seven years.
No Safe Spaces gets 45% divide on Rotten Tomatoes as critics slam yet another well-received movie
The movie about free speech in America has a 99% Fresh audience rating while critics have given it a 45% Rotten rating.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez still blocking critics on Twitter despite settling Twitter blocking lawsuit
In the recently settled lawsuit, Ocasio-Cortez said that blocking one of her critics was wrong and admitted he has a right to express his First Amendment views.
8kun comes online, announces plans to prevent deplatforming and attacks
8kun is slow and expecting media and cyber attacks, but it’s up and running.