■ Minutes after the Trump rally shooting, misinformation ran rampant. Here are the facts.
■ Seventh and eighth graders shook up their Pennsylvania school after creating fake TikTok accounts impersonating their teachers with lewd, disparaging videos.
■ A Massachusetts teacher fired for posting controversial TikTok videos in 2021 has lost her First Amendment federal appeals case.
Lawn dart. Folks in a Memphis suburb may not have liked one woman’s “vulgar” political yard sign, but a federal judge has ruled that she had a constitutional right to display it.
■ The ACLU has unveiled a plan to fight any free-speech abuses that Donald Trump is threatening to conduct if he is elected again to the presidency.
■ “Freedom of Speech,” a 1943 painting by Norman Rockwell, has taken on a new life as a social-media meme.
■ A Massachusetts teacher fired for posting controversial TikTok videos in 2021 has lost her First Amendment federal appeals case.
Lawn dart. Folks in a Memphis suburb may not have liked one woman’s “vulgar” political yard sign, but a federal judge has ruled that she had a constitutional right to display it.
■ The ACLU has unveiled a plan to fight any free-speech abuses that Donald Trump is threatening to conduct if he is elected again to the presidency.
■ “Freedom of Speech,” a 1943 painting by Norman Rockwell, has taken on a new life as a social-media meme.
■ Middle Tennessee State University earned a top rating for campus free speech from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
■ Rapper released from prison must submit any new lyrics to federal officials who contend they may be “inconsistent with the goals of rehabilitation.”
■ Rapper released from prison must submit any new lyrics to federal officials who contend they may be “inconsistent with the goals of rehabilitation.”
AI exam. Despite their misleading nature, deepfakes are protected under the First Amendment as a form of free expression, explained Ken Paulson, director of the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University.
■ Early Apple tech bloggers have noticed years-old content, aided by AI-generated photos and bios, reappearing on a resurrected domain that was shut down in 2015.
■ A federal judge in Baltimore has thrown out a First Amendment challenge to the law that imposes a tax on internet ads in Maryland.
■ A U.S. Supreme Court ruling may bolster a First Amendment case for convicted North Carolina journalists.
Devilish act? After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law to allow religious chaplains in public schools, state Satanists volunteered to fill those roles amid staffing shortages.
■ Thousands have signed a petition rejecting a state superintendent’s rule requiring the Bible to be taught in Oklahoma public schools.
■ The writings of a Nashville school shooter cannot be released since victims’ families hold the copyright, a judge ruled.
■ NPR is fighting for access to secret Virginia execution recordings and hoping to get a boost from the state Court of Appeals.
Wu-rrisome. Timothy Wu’s column in The New York Times declaring that the First Amendment is “out of control” is a stark reminder that self-interest overrises toleration, contended FIRE’s Ronald K.L. Collins.
■ Activist groups have sued the city of Chicago alleging that the rejection of specific marching permits during the Democratic National Convention is a violation of free speech.
■ New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to ban masks on the subway has sparked backlash from civil liberties groups.
■ America’s best-known sex counselor, Ruth Westheimer, who said things on radio and television that approached being censored, has died at age 96.
■ America’s best-known sex counselor, Ruth Westheimer, who said things on radio and television that approached being censored, has died at age 96.