■ In hearing two NetChoice cases this week, Supreme Court justices could turn First Amendment law on its head when dealing with social media restrictions.
■ The firing of a fifth-grade teacher for reading a book about gender identity in class was upheld by the Georgia Board of Education.
■ Activists must defend free speech that aids racial justice, suggested law professor Randall L. Kennedy in a Harvard Crimson commentary.
Hack job. A former journalist has been indicted on 14 federal crimes over the alleged hacking and leaking of unaired interview clips by ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
■ When does investigative journalism become hacking? The Verge sought to answer that question.
■ A CBS reporter’s dismissal has raised questions over whether it was part of company job cuts or tied to her First Amendment court battle over confidential sources.
■ The digital-media company BuzzFeed sold off a pop culture start-up for nearly half of what it paid for it in 2021 as its value continues to plunge.
■ A CBS reporter’s dismissal has raised questions over whether it was part of company job cuts or tied to her First Amendment court battle over confidential sources.
■ The digital-media company BuzzFeed sold off a pop culture start-up for nearly half of what it paid for it in 2021 as its value continues to plunge.
Vice precedent? Hopes of attracting millions of young people to its news company have been dashed as Vice Media stops publishing online and cuts hundreds of jobs.
■ For an already struggling news industry, all signs for 2024 point to a continued free fall, contended Associated Press media writer David Bauder.
■ Read a personal letter to Nevada Independent employees from Editor and CEO Jon Ralston on his anguish over cutting staff and his refusal to give up.
Jet fighter. Calling it an effort by rich and powerful people to silence free speech, legal representatives for the college student who tracks Taylor Swift’s private plane travel on social media have ignored the superstar’s cease-and-desist letter.
■ A “religious liberty” bill, previously viewed as discriminatory and rejected, has been re-introduced in the Georgia state Senate.
■ There is no evidence that our nation was founded as a Christian nation, but some Americans want the government to declare it as one now.■ On the heels of President’s Day, the Free Speech Center’s constitutional scholar John R. Vile documented how U.S. presidents engaged in First Amendment issues during their time in office.
■ Read a personal letter to Nevada Independent employees from Editor and CEO Jon Ralston on his anguish over cutting staff and his refusal to give up.
■ Journalists who alleged harassment and injury by police during 2020 protests in a lawsuit were awarded a $950,000 settlement from the city of Minneapolis.
Jet fighter. Calling it an effort by rich and powerful people to silence free speech, legal representatives for the college student who tracks Taylor Swift’s private plane travel on social media have ignored the superstar’s cease-and-desist letter.
■ A “religious liberty” bill, previously viewed as discriminatory and rejected, has been re-introduced in the Georgia state Senate.
■ There is no evidence that our nation was founded as a Christian nation, but some Americans want the government to declare it as one now.
Heckler’s veto. Jewish rapper Matisyahu’s concert cancellations by venue owners reflect a continued threat to free expression, contended the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
■ A board of education in Maryland is being sued by three teachers who claim their First Amendment rights were violated when they were suspended for “supporting basic Palestinian human rights.”
■ Missouri educators who opposed a school district’s required anti-racism training took their free-speech claims to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
■ The punishment of a Black student in Texas over his hairstyle did not violate a state discrimination law, a judge has ruled.
■ A board of education in Maryland is being sued by three teachers who claim their First Amendment rights were violated when they were suspended for “supporting basic Palestinian human rights.”
■ Missouri educators who opposed a school district’s required anti-racism training took their free-speech claims to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
■ The punishment of a Black student in Texas over his hairstyle did not violate a state discrimination law, a judge has ruled.