■ NPR’s Nina Totenberg wrote that the Court justices seemed to be “uncertainly groping their way” as they sought to craft a new rule in the social-media age.
■ The Supreme Court announced that it would hear an NRA free-speech case over whether a New York government official violated the gun lobbyist’s constitutional rights.
■ Amid the acclaim or the vitriol surrounding free speech these days, The Progressive’s Bill Lueders pondered if there is such a thing as taking the protections of the First Amendment too far.
X-aggerate? Although Elon Musk asserts that concerns are overblown, his former Twitter site has seen an increase in harmful content during his tenure, The New York Times reported.
■ Gaza-related posts on X prompted the firing of a science journal editor and a series of resignations followed, NBC News reported.
■ Elon Musk announced that he will integrate xAI, which he described as “maximum truth-seeking AI,” with his X platform.
■ Most U.S. adults think artificial intelligence (AI) will help fuel the spread of 2024 election misinformation, according to a new poll.
■ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis directed state universities to ban a pro-Palestinian student organization for supporting Hamas militants.
■ Silencing anti-Israel student speech is wrong and censorship is deplorable, declared the editorial board of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
■ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis directed state universities to ban a pro-Palestinian student organization for supporting Hamas militants.
■ Silencing anti-Israel student speech is wrong and censorship is deplorable, declared the editorial board of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Pro-tection. All those folks yelling on those embrace-debate sports shows are protected by the First Amendment too.
■ The American Civil Liberties Union that has sued Donald Trump or his former administration hundreds of times now has sided with the former president over a judge’s gag order it called “too broad and too vague.”
■ The Supreme Court appeared to be ready to rule against an activist who seeks to trademark “Trump Too Small’’ slogan.
■ Families of Tennessee transgender children have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a new state ban on care.
Stealth care? After a ruling reversal in a North Carolina “ag-gag” case, Seth Stern, a Freedom of the Press Foundation director, wondered whether it is time to revisit undercover journalism.
■ Two Alabama journalists were arrested after county officials said that the pair revealed grand-jury testimony in a published story.
■ A local reporter was ticketed by Calumet City (Ill.) officials for “hampering” city employees when he apparently asked too many questions.
■ Wyoming Republicans wrestled with differing views on “unlawful speech” in debating a recent effort to censure U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest.
Snewsing. Fewer than four in 10 Americans said that they pay close attention to the news, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
■ Book bans in U.S. prisons are now in the thousands, PEN America has reported.
■ Is both the display of a poster in public and the subsequent tearing down of it examples of free expression? The New York Times examined the firestorm caused by fliers of hostages from the Israeli-Hamas war.
■ The American Civil Liberties Union that has sued Donald Trump or his former administration hundreds of times now has sided with the former president over a judge’s gag order it called “too broad and too vague.”
■ The Supreme Court appeared to be ready to rule against an activist who seeks to trademark “Trump Too Small’’ slogan.
■ Families of Tennessee transgender children have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a new state ban on care.
Stealth care? After a ruling reversal in a North Carolina “ag-gag” case, Seth Stern, a Freedom of the Press Foundation director, wondered whether it is time to revisit undercover journalism.
■ Two Alabama journalists were arrested after county officials said that the pair revealed grand-jury testimony in a published story.
■ A local reporter was ticketed by Calumet City (Ill.) officials for “hampering” city employees when he apparently asked too many questions.
■ Wyoming Republicans wrestled with differing views on “unlawful speech” in debating a recent effort to censure U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest.
Snewsing. Fewer than four in 10 Americans said that they pay close attention to the news, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
■ Book bans in U.S. prisons are now in the thousands, PEN America has reported.
■ Is both the display of a poster in public and the subsequent tearing down of it examples of free expression? The New York Times examined the firestorm caused by fliers of hostages from the Israeli-Hamas war.