First Amendment
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.
Zuckerberg trolls Aaron Sorkin in response to free speech open letter
Sorkin’s open letter accused Facebook of “assaulting the truth.”
8chan is struggling to relaunch as “8kun” in the face of censorship and deplatforming campaign
“This is what happens when you try to support the First Amendment and the freedom of speech in America.”
Facebook was censoring comments on Mark Zuckerberg’s “free speech” livestream
Facebook uses “ranking signals” to derank content that it doesn’t like.
Senator Hawley remains skeptical of Zuckerberg’s alleged “free speech” awakening
Zuckerberg has recently been attempting to position Facebook as a company that champions and protects free speech.
Joe Biden thinks he can introduce background checks for accessing 3D printed gun code
The big picture of this issue is that the State Department’s unchecked power to control what information is published online can lead to sweeping censorship.