■ Yeshiva University and an LGBTQ student group reached a religious-freedom compromise after the school had banned all club activities on campus.
■ Under oath, Elon Musk begins high-stakes interviews with lawyers over his abrupt decision to bail on a multibillion-dollar deal to buy Twitter.
■ “Free speech makes free people,” says rapper/actor Ice-T in new YouTube video touting the importance of protecting free speech.
Scoffing will no longer suffice. Opinion: A First Amendment battle over social media censorship could transform Big Tech.
■ “We reject the idea that corporations have a freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say,” says judge after circuit court rules in favor of Texas social media law.
■ “Free speech makes free people,” says rapper/actor Ice-T in new YouTube video touting the importance of protecting free speech.
Scoffing will no longer suffice. Opinion: A First Amendment battle over social media censorship could transform Big Tech.
■ “We reject the idea that corporations have a freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say,” says judge after circuit court rules in favor of Texas social media law.
■ “Vagueness can be deadly,” writes Jessica Levinson about the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold a Texas law that bars social media firms from regulating “viewpoint” content.
■ Florida is following Texas’ lead in its plan to reinstate law that places restrictions on Twitter and Facebook.
Shot down. A lawsuit that accused a New York regulator of pressuring financial institutions not to do business with the NRA was dismissed by a federal appeals court.
■ “I’m done saying I’m sorry,” exclaims Alex Jones during testimony at his latest Sandy Hook trial to determine compensatory and punitive damages.
■ Project Veritas, a conservative media group, has been found guilty by a federal jury of wiretapping and misrepresentation after efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election.
Everyday issues. MTSU’s Free Speech Center partners with NYU to produce a series of videos exploring First Amendment issues in everyday life.
■ Florida is following Texas’ lead in its plan to reinstate law that places restrictions on Twitter and Facebook.
Shot down. A lawsuit that accused a New York regulator of pressuring financial institutions not to do business with the NRA was dismissed by a federal appeals court.
■ “I’m done saying I’m sorry,” exclaims Alex Jones during testimony at his latest Sandy Hook trial to determine compensatory and punitive damages.
■ Project Veritas, a conservative media group, has been found guilty by a federal jury of wiretapping and misrepresentation after efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election.
Everyday issues. MTSU’s Free Speech Center partners with NYU to produce a series of videos exploring First Amendment issues in everyday life.
■ Editor Michael Anastasi explains why The Tennessean has hired a full-time First Amendment beat writer.
■ MTSU constitutional scholar John Vile identifies some First Amendment principles that have found their way onto Tennessee’s Nov. 8 ballot.
■ Protester Brittany Martin, pregnant and ill, remains behind bars in South Carolina as her due date nears.
■ Protester Brittany Martin, pregnant and ill, remains behind bars in South Carolina as her due date nears.
Book it. U.S. lawmakers Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Brian Schatz join forces with the FIRE organization to recognize a national Banned Books Week.
■ There was a surge in book bans during the 2021-22 school year, according to a PEN America report.
■ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells United Nations delegation that freedom of expression and freedom of the press are under threat, jeopardizing foreign policy and diplomacy.
■ There was a surge in book bans during the 2021-22 school year, according to a PEN America report.
■ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells United Nations delegation that freedom of expression and freedom of the press are under threat, jeopardizing foreign policy and diplomacy.
