All posts tagged "Free Speech"
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FREEDOM
NY Jets Chair Says He’ll Pay Fines For NFL Team Players Who Protest During National Anthem
May 23, 2018New York Jets chairman Christopher Johnson said that he will pay the fines for players on...
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Authoritarianism
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Author: While The US Isn’t Putting Reporters In Prison Yet, Trump’s Tactics Are ‘Dangerous’
May 23, 2018“The Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood said at the PEN Literary Gala on Tuesday that the...
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DEMOCRACY
Supreme Court To Rule On Your First Amendment Right To Silence
May 10, 2018New Hampshire’s state motto “Live free or die” is, for many residents, a stirring evocation of...
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Censorship
Don’t Expect Professors To Get Fired When They Say Something You Don’t Like
May 8, 2018Frank LoMonte, University of Florida and David Jadon A college professor lashes out on social media...
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NEWS
Twitter Launches Massive Hate Speech Crackdown, Purges White Supremacists Accounts
December 18, 2017Twitter began enforcing its new anti-hate speech measures on Monday to combat abusive behavior on the...
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NEWS
Protesters Shut Down White Supremacist Leader Richard Spencer’s Speech With Chants Of ‘Go Home Spencer’
October 19, 2017Hundreds of raucous protesters drowned out Richard Spencer with chants of “go home Spencer,” forcing the...
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Authoritarianism
Sessions Won’t Provide Lawmakers With A ‘Commitment’ Not To Jail Reporters For Doing Their Jobs
October 18, 2017Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday said he could not make a “blanket commitment” to not...
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Authoritarianism
Poll Finds Nearly Half Of Americans Think Media Is Making Up Stories About Trump And His Administration
October 18, 2017President Trump’s repeated “fake news” attacks on the free press appear to have convinced nearly 50...
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Authoritarianism
GOP Lawmaker Drafts Bill Requiring Journalists To Be Fingerprinted And Licensed By Police
October 13, 2017A Republican state lawmaker is drafting a bill that would require all journalists to be fingerprinted...
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NEWS
Trump’s Latest Authoritarian Rant: News Network Licenses Need To Be Challenged And ‘If Appropriate, Revoked’
October 11, 2017President Trump doubled down on his suggestion that the federal government should challenge the broadcast licenses...
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Authoritarianism
Protesters Banned At Jeff Sessions Free Speech Lecture As DOJ Prosecutes Woman Who Laughed At Him
September 27, 2017Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III visited the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. on...
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Censorship
NASCAR Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Invoking JFK, Defends Americans Who Protest During National Anthem
September 25, 2017NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Monday quoted John F. Kennedy on the inevitability of “violent...
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Censorship
Redskins Player: Trump Is ‘Not My President,’ He Doesn’t Stand With ‘Dignity, Pride, Respect, Honor’
September 25, 2017Washington Redskins player Josh Norman reportedly said after his team’s game Sunday night that President Trump...