Category: Free Speech
A Free Speech Victory for Student Pro-Life Group at an Oregon Community College
Lawyers for Alliance Defending Freedom have announced a settlement of a dispute over free speech restrictions at Chemeketa Community College in Oregon that prevented a...
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YouTube Will Remove Any Video Claiming ‘Widespread Fraud’ Impacted Election
In the latest batch of censorship by a big tech giant, YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will begin removing any video that purports to...
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In Victory for Free Speech, Court Strikes Down Bans on Counseling for LGBT Individuals
In a big victory for free speech on Friday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals struck down bans on counseling for LGBT individuals seeking help...
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Teacher Kicks Student Out of Online Class for Saying He Admired Donald J. Trump
A schoolteacher has allegedly kicked a middle school student out of his online class after the student said he admired Donald J. Trump as a...
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Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop Supports Lesbian Baker’s Rights of Conscience
A lesbian-identified baker in Michigan has unwittingly highlighted an important point about free speech and the conscience rights of cake artists. And a certain Christian...
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The ‘Philadelphia Statement’ Calls for a Renewed Commitment to Free Speech, Resists ‘Cancel Culture’
A group of leading thinkers, scholars and practitioners has launched a new free speech movement called the “Philadelphia Statement” (thephillystatement.org) that pushes back against the...
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Tired of Twitter’s Censorship, Conservatives Flock to New Social Media Platform ‘Parler’
Tired of social media giant Twitter’s censorship of conservative voices, many have decided to join a new free-speech social media platform named ‘Parler.’ Begun with...
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Google Threatens to Demonetize ‘The Federalist’ Over Comments Section
Google has threatened to ban The Federalist from making revenue by running Google content ads on its website due to allegedly problematic claims about Black Lives Matter...
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Senator Hawley: States Have ‘Blatantly Violated’ the Free Exercise and Free Speech Rights of Religious Americans
This week Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, asking him to initiate an investigation into the apparent violations...
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Oregon College Restricts Free Speech to 1.5% of Campus
Chemeketa Community College restricts outdoor free speech on their campus to two small areas that together make up 1.5% of the campus. Additionally, students must...
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YouTube Removes Viral Video of Doctors Disagreeing with Coronavirus Health Directives
Citing its “Community Guidelines,” YouTube took down a viral video of two California doctors holding a press conference in which they disputed the need for...
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Georgia Tech Sued After Discriminating Against “Inherently Religious” Alveda King
Georgia Tech University is being sued after its student government denied funding to bring Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, Alveda King, to speak on campus...
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PragerU Loses at Ninth Circuit in Bid to Block YouTube’s Censorship of Conservative Messages
PragerU is a nonprofit educational and media organization founded by conservative talk show host Dennis Prager. Its mission is to provide conservative viewpoints and perspective...
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Wheaton Students Can Spread the Gospel in Chicago’s Millennium Park, Judge Rules
Last fall a group of student evangelists attending Wheaton College ran into government censorship of their attempts to witness to park visitors at Chicago’s famed...
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University of Wisconsin ‘Speech Zones’ and Permission Requirements Drive Individual Students Off-Campus
The University of Wisconsin – River Falls Campus (UWRF) is the latest public institution of higher education to completely miss the point of the First...
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Cal State – San Marcos Pays Pro-Life Student Group $240,000 in Settlement of Free Speech Violations
The Students for Life (SFL) campus club at Cal State – San Marcos (Cal State) wanted to bring in a pro-life speaker to address students...
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University of Florida Students Protest Justice Clarence Thomas Teaching on Campus
Students at the University of Florida are protesting Justice Clarence Thomas for teaching on campus because of a three decade old sexual harassment allegation, Campus...
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FIRE Names America’s 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2020
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has produced its annual list of the 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2020. As the name...
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Montclair University Forces Students to Get Permission Two Weeks Before Speaking Freely on Campus
According to Montclair University’s speech policy, students must get permission from the dean’s office two weeks prior to speaking freely and publicly on campus. Otherwise,...
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Compelled Speech — Can Government Make You Say That?
The First Amendment’s speech clause – “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…” is usually thought of as prohibiting the government from censoring what you...
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Supreme Court Decides in Favor of Free Speech in Elections Case from Alaska
Most of us are not fans of incessant, seemingly never ending campaigns. Too many television ads. Emails flooding our inbox. Flyers showing up in the...
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Comedians Warn about the Dangers of an Overly Politically Correct Culture that Denies Freedom of Speech
Comedy, as an art, is disappearing. Political correctness and progressive politics make almost anything offensive and free speech, the right to offend, almost impossible. Several...
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The Campus Snowflake Problem is Not Getting Any Better
Recent events on college campuses continue to disappoint parents, alumni and citizens who have been hoping that emotional scenes of “triggered students” and violent disruptions...
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Florida High School Won’t Recognize a Student Pro-Life Club Because It’s “Too Political”
Gulf Coast High School in Naples, Florida rejected an application from one of its students, Gabrielle Gabbard to form a “Sharks 4 Life” club, which...
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