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New York's Online Hate Speech Law Raises Serious First Amendment Concerns
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPhoto 16611668 © Frui | Dreamstime.com The state of New York is heading back to court to defend a...
Supreme Court will decide if Texas and Florida can regulate social media to protect 'conservative...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Supreme Court building in November 2020. (Associated Press) The Supreme Court said Friday it...
Nicholas Goldberg: We rarely prosecute bigots and racists who spew hate speech. And rightly so
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn antisemitic group makes its hateful views known on an overpass on the 405 Freeway in late...
What the First Amendment really says – 4 basic principles of free speech in the US
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA protection that is, at least in this Philadelphia park, carved in stone. Zakarie Faibis via...
Strictly Legal: Court strikes down "hateful speech" law
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA New York based federal court recently issued an injunction prohibiting the state of New York from...
Are racist emails a crime or protected free speech?
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen a racist and threatening email prompted the abrupt resignation of former Knoxville police Deputy Chief Brooklyn Belk, the question remained whether...
EXPLAINER: Is Alex Jones’ trial about free speech rights?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoConspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at a Texas courthouse for his defamation trial for calling...
Letters to the Editor: Racists and antisemites have freedom of speech. So do decent people
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTo the editor: Columnist Nicholas Goldberg is correct that our 1st Amendment guarantee of free speech requires protecting even the hateful speech of antisemites and other bigots. Incidentally ...
It's Debatable: Has Elon Musk made Twitter unsafe?
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has made the platform a less safe...
Hate crimes reported in SLO County more than double in 8 years. Who was targeted the most?
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months ago“The alarming increases in crimes ... illustrates the need for our communities to join together...