■ Social media is inundated by a flood of misinformation about the Israeli-Hamas war, but the Associated Press has the facts.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to delve into the issue of how far government can go to combat misinformation on social media platforms.
■ New York’s new online hate-speech legislation has raised concerns that it violates the First Amendment.
More harm than good? It matters little if Julian Assange is a journalist or not, his prosecution endangers press freedom and puts all journalists at risk, argued Seth Stern, advocacy director at Freedom of the Press Foundation.
■ Does U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s partial gag order on Donald Trump violate his First Amendment rights? It could, explained Chandra Bozelko in a USA Today commentary.
■ A federal judge temporarily has blocked a Tennessee city from enforcing a ban on drag performances.
■ A proposed Kids Online Safety Act has press-freedom advocates warning that its passage will censor news and make Americans less informed.
■ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants to punish Yelp for providing online information about crisis-pregnancy centers.
■ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants to punish Yelp for providing online information about crisis-pregnancy centers.
ParaDoxx. PEN America has called a doxxing campaign against Harvard University students who signed a statement blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks “an undeniable threat to freedom of expression.”
■ Conservatives are not campus free-speech absolutists when the message is pro-Palestinian, contended MSNBC’s Ja’han Jones.
■ New polling results show that most Americans believe state governments should not limit what professors are teaching in the classroom.
■ Conservatives are not campus free-speech absolutists when the message is pro-Palestinian, contended MSNBC’s Ja’han Jones.
■ New polling results show that most Americans believe state governments should not limit what professors are teaching in the classroom.
■ It is long overdue to shelve weighty and dated First Amendment casebooks, contended free-expression advocate Ronald K.L. Collins in a First Amendment News opinion piece.
Snapping ‘Turtleboy.’ A Massachusetts blogger facing criminal charges for his outspoken defense of a woman accused of murder is protected by the First Amendment, his attorney said.
■ A Tennessee state Appeals Court panel heard arguments in a lawsuit over releasing public records about the Covenant School shooting.
■ A Nevada police officer’s First Amendment lawsuit has pitted employer rights against employee free speech.
■ A federal judge in Nebraska has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a student journalist who claimed his First Amendment rights were violated when a school newspaper was shut down over Pride Month stories.
■ Jake Warner, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, expressed his take on how and where free speech and freedom of religion cross legal paths in a Deseret News interview.
A bit busy. The ceremony to honor war correspondent Lyse Doucet with a prestigious journalism award had to be postponed since she was covering the Israel-Hamas war.
■ Russia has detained a journalist with dual citizenship for allegedly failing to register as a foreign agent when entering the country to deal with a family emergency.
■ An investigation started by Las Vegas reporter Jeff German before he was slain last year has earned a Freedom of the Press award.
■ Read its annual update to learn how the Free Speech Center has expanded its efforts to build support for First Amendment freedoms in myriad ways.
Snapping ‘Turtleboy.’ A Massachusetts blogger facing criminal charges for his outspoken defense of a woman accused of murder is protected by the First Amendment, his attorney said.
■ A Tennessee state Appeals Court panel heard arguments in a lawsuit over releasing public records about the Covenant School shooting.
■ A Nevada police officer’s First Amendment lawsuit has pitted employer rights against employee free speech.
■ A federal judge in Nebraska has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a student journalist who claimed his First Amendment rights were violated when a school newspaper was shut down over Pride Month stories.
■ Jake Warner, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, expressed his take on how and where free speech and freedom of religion cross legal paths in a Deseret News interview.
A bit busy. The ceremony to honor war correspondent Lyse Doucet with a prestigious journalism award had to be postponed since she was covering the Israel-Hamas war.
■ Russia has detained a journalist with dual citizenship for allegedly failing to register as a foreign agent when entering the country to deal with a family emergency.
■ An investigation started by Las Vegas reporter Jeff German before he was slain last year has earned a Freedom of the Press award.
■ Read its annual update to learn how the Free Speech Center has expanded its efforts to build support for First Amendment freedoms in myriad ways.