Swearing out. An Air Force veteran had no First Amendment right to cuss out a therapist and police officers at a VA hospital, a federal appeals court has determined.
■ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated First Amendment protections when he suspended a state prosecutor for political gain, a federal court of appeals has ruled. ■ A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees to reporters that he sued unsuccessfully over a 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning story.
■ Media expert Jack Greiner has examined whether the firing of a university chancellor who appeared in pornographic videos was a violation of his First Amendment rights.
‘Rare bug.’ OpenAI has been hit with a barrage of high-profile lawsuits, including one from The New York Times, which could test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products.
■ In a case involving Big Tech and being watched by several states, a federal appeals court has directed a lower court to consider the merits of a First Amendment challenge to Maryland’s digital advertising tax.
■ Project Veritas’ First Amendment claim pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to the daughter of President Biden was rejected by a U.S. district judge.
■ No matter where you stand regarding Project Veritas, transparency remains vital when government investigates newsgathering, concluded Freedom of the Press Foundation’s Seth Stern.
Block party. An Alaska judge has ruled against a state representative who blocked a reporter from his Facebook page.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to consider whether school board members on their personal social media accounts can block someone and delete their comments.
■ There may be no bigger hypocrite on free speech than Elon Musk, declared the co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation in an opinion piece for The Guardian.
■ Elon Musk said his decision to ban a Hamas-linked account from X “was a tough call” he made after deciding that Hamas was not a United Nations-recognized government.
■ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) means different things to different people but goes hand-in-hand with free speech, contended the CEO of PEN America in a CNN commentary.
■ An Indiana judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a University of Notre Dame professor who contended that a student newspaper defamed her in its abortion-rights news coverage.
No references? Dictionaries and encyclopedias are among the nearly 2,000 books pulled from the shelves of schools in Florida’s Escambia County as officials work to abide by a new state law.
■ After a tenure replete with prestigious awards and contentious contract negotiations and layoffs, Los Angeles Times executive editor Kevin Merida has stepped down.
■ A newspaper in the U.S. Virgin Islands that first published in 1844 is closing, its owner has announced.
■ The Messenger, a start-up launched by longtime media executives with an aim to transform journalism, is in dire financial straits, revenue disclosures showed.
Free advice. A First Amendment victory for a North Carolina retiree is another reinforcement in the battle against occupational licensing boards that work to silence opinions of expert professionals.
■ Abortion-rights supporters have completed a successful petition drive to get a Florida state constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot.
■ Gunmen with explosives stormed a television station in Ecuador during a live broadcast before police rescued the staff and arrested the perpetrators.
■ The Freedom of the Press Foundation has received a $10 million donation from Internet entrepreneur Jack Dorsey to further its work protecting press freedoms.
■ There may be no bigger hypocrite on free speech than Elon Musk, declared the co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation in an opinion piece for The Guardian.
■ Elon Musk said his decision to ban a Hamas-linked account from X “was a tough call” he made after deciding that Hamas was not a United Nations-recognized government.
■ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) means different things to different people but goes hand-in-hand with free speech, contended the CEO of PEN America in a CNN commentary.
■ An Indiana judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a University of Notre Dame professor who contended that a student newspaper defamed her in its abortion-rights news coverage.
No references? Dictionaries and encyclopedias are among the nearly 2,000 books pulled from the shelves of schools in Florida’s Escambia County as officials work to abide by a new state law.
■ After a tenure replete with prestigious awards and contentious contract negotiations and layoffs, Los Angeles Times executive editor Kevin Merida has stepped down.
■ A newspaper in the U.S. Virgin Islands that first published in 1844 is closing, its owner has announced.
■ The Messenger, a start-up launched by longtime media executives with an aim to transform journalism, is in dire financial straits, revenue disclosures showed.
Free advice. A First Amendment victory for a North Carolina retiree is another reinforcement in the battle against occupational licensing boards that work to silence opinions of expert professionals.
■ Abortion-rights supporters have completed a successful petition drive to get a Florida state constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot.
■ Gunmen with explosives stormed a television station in Ecuador during a live broadcast before police rescued the staff and arrested the perpetrators.
■ The Freedom of the Press Foundation has received a $10 million donation from Internet entrepreneur Jack Dorsey to further its work protecting press freedoms.
