■ A recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives has renewed a threat to TikTok and CNN examined what may lie ahead.
■ The U.S. Senate’s plans to expand surveillance capabilities would threaten press freedom, and everyone else’s too, the Freedom of the Press Foundation contends.
■ The launch of Meta A.I. has reconfigured the information-technology landscape with potential concerns on the horizon.
■ There is a First Amendment-friendly way to clean up social media, surmised author-lawyer Steven Brill in a Politico commentary.
■ High school students in Kansas persuaded a school district to remove their files from the purview of an A.I. surveillance systems, contending it violated First Amendment rights.
See no, hear no. Manhattan courtroom proceedings for Donald Trump’s hush-money case will be conducted without cameras or recording devices, as dictated by New York state law.
■ One America News Network has settled its defamation lawsuit with the voting-technology company that it targeted with unfounded fraud claims tied to the 2020 presidential election.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who organized a Louisiana protest during which a police officer was injured.
■ After recent clashes in Chicago, individual protest rights may be challenged by law enforcement at the Democratic National Convention, activist groups claim.
■ The First Amendment is an honorary winner in a public-speaking lawsuit settlement in a Detroit suburb.
Valedictates. Many schools have continued to silence valedictorians despite the likelihood that the institutions will become the center of a national controversy.
■ USC has cancelled its commencement keynote speaker, Asian filmmaker Jon Chu, just days after disallowing a Muslim student valedictorian to speak.
■ Ivy League college campus pro-Palestinian protests escalate, prompting arrests and moving classes online.
See no, hear no. Manhattan courtroom proceedings for Donald Trump’s hush-money case will be conducted without cameras or recording devices, as dictated by New York state law.
■ One America News Network has settled its defamation lawsuit with the voting-technology company that it targeted with unfounded fraud claims tied to the 2020 presidential election.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who organized a Louisiana protest during which a police officer was injured.
■ After recent clashes in Chicago, individual protest rights may be challenged by law enforcement at the Democratic National Convention, activist groups claim.
■ The First Amendment is an honorary winner in a public-speaking lawsuit settlement in a Detroit suburb.
Valedictates. Many schools have continued to silence valedictorians despite the likelihood that the institutions will become the center of a national controversy.
■ USC has cancelled its commencement keynote speaker, Asian filmmaker Jon Chu, just days after disallowing a Muslim student valedictorian to speak.
■ Ivy League college campus pro-Palestinian protests escalate, prompting arrests and moving classes online.
■ A new University of Michigan proposal to curtail demonstrations on campus could quell constitutionally protected protests, free-speech advocates said.
■ Ohio database death records are not open to the public, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
■ Following a two-day hearing, a Nashville judge will decide whether a school shooter’s journals are public records.
Bans expand. The banning of books in public schools surged in the first half of this school year, a new PEN America study showed.
■ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has backtracked slightly on his 2022 book-challenge law, but his state is responsible for more than 70 percent of pulled books in the country.
■ The country’s ‘‘Big Five’’ publishers have challenged an Iowa state law that bans certain books and limits the teachings on gender identity.
■ Ohio database death records are not open to the public, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
■ Following a two-day hearing, a Nashville judge will decide whether a school shooter’s journals are public records.
Bans expand. The banning of books in public schools surged in the first half of this school year, a new PEN America study showed.
■ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has backtracked slightly on his 2022 book-challenge law, but his state is responsible for more than 70 percent of pulled books in the country.
■ The country’s ‘‘Big Five’’ publishers have challenged an Iowa state law that bans certain books and limits the teachings on gender identity.
■ A federal judge has blocked a Florida law that barred a transgender teacher from using preferred pronouns.
NP-argh. One NPR editor’s essay over what he perceived as politically biased coverage has created turmoil at the public radio network.
■ Pushing censorship both from the left and the right is crippling free speech, said author Salman Rushdie in a ‘‘60 Minutes’’ interview.
NP-argh. One NPR editor’s essay over what he perceived as politically biased coverage has created turmoil at the public radio network.
■ Pushing censorship both from the left and the right is crippling free speech, said author Salman Rushdie in a ‘‘60 Minutes’’ interview.
■ Journalist Terry Anderson, whose 1985 abduction, torturous imprisonment, and eventual release gripped the nation, has died at 76.
■ Citing First Amendment protections, the Walt Disney Co. has filed a motion to dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit brought by actor Gina Carano.
■ Citing First Amendment protections, the Walt Disney Co. has filed a motion to dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit brought by actor Gina Carano.
