■ Donald Trump’s presidential-immunity argument in his defamation lawsuit was rejected by a federal appeals court.
■ Elon Musk’s X is the target of the first EU probe over suspected failure to combat content disinformation.
■ Websites that host AI-created false news articles have grown by more than 1,000 percent, reported NewsGuard, an
organization that tracks misinformation.
■ A Texas TikTok ban on state-owned devices and networks has been upheld by a federal judge.
Threat assessment. Concerns build as the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to clarify whether the use of rap lyrics in criminal prosecutions violates free-speech rights.
■ The Supreme Court refused to take up a case on whether state and local governments can enforce laws that ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth after a lower court ruled that such bans are unconstitutional restrictions on counselors’ speech.
■ A business reporter in Colorado has defied a court order to return suppressed records and delete electronic copies that he lawfully obtained.
■ In Cleveland, a settlement has removed restrictions and allowed the return of First Amendment access to court records.
F-no. A Pennsylvania man said government officials infringed on his First Amendment rights when he was forced to take down a sign that included a profanity.
■ Neither a Texas student nor his high school has budged on his suspension over his hairstyle.
■ Prison book bans punish the incarcerated by closing off the means of escape through fantastical ideas, wrote Moira Marquis in a Literary Hub opinion piece.
■ When it comes to free speech, her students can show us the way forward, contended a University of Pennsylvania history professor in a New York Times commentary.
More ammo. The ACLU is a surprising defender of the NRA in the gun-rights group’s First Amendment case.
■ Fox News disputed a former reporter’s argument that he was dismissed for challenging false claims about the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Threat assessment. Concerns build as the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to clarify whether the use of rap lyrics in criminal prosecutions violates free-speech rights.
■ The Supreme Court refused to take up a case on whether state and local governments can enforce laws that ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth after a lower court ruled that such bans are unconstitutional restrictions on counselors’ speech.
■ A business reporter in Colorado has defied a court order to return suppressed records and delete electronic copies that he lawfully obtained.
■ In Cleveland, a settlement has removed restrictions and allowed the return of First Amendment access to court records.
F-no. A Pennsylvania man said government officials infringed on his First Amendment rights when he was forced to take down a sign that included a profanity.
■ Neither a Texas student nor his high school has budged on his suspension over his hairstyle.
■ Prison book bans punish the incarcerated by closing off the means of escape through fantastical ideas, wrote Moira Marquis in a Literary Hub opinion piece.
■ When it comes to free speech, her students can show us the way forward, contended a University of Pennsylvania history professor in a New York Times commentary.
More ammo. The ACLU is a surprising defender of the NRA in the gun-rights group’s First Amendment case.
■ Fox News disputed a former reporter’s argument that he was dismissed for challenging false claims about the Jan. 6 insurrection.
■ A Washington, D.C., transit agency decision to reject religious-themed ads on its buses violates the First Amendment, a new lawsuit contends.
■ David French has examined what university presidents got right and wrong about antisemitic speech in an opinion piece in The New York Times.
■ David French has examined what university presidents got right and wrong about antisemitic speech in an opinion piece in The New York Times.
AleX-man. Former Infowars host Alex Jones has had his X (formerly Twitter) account restored by Elon Musk.
■ The First Amendment protects social media content moderation, explained the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) in a recent post.
■ For the RCFP, 2023 was a successful year in protecting the newsgathering rights of journalists.
■ The First Amendment protects social media content moderation, explained the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) in a recent post.
■ For the RCFP, 2023 was a successful year in protecting the newsgathering rights of journalists.