"Gimelstob and Kaplan were friends for a while, but their relationship soured when Kaplan got upset because Gimelstob did not show up to his birthday party."
EU officials threaten to make their restrictive content rules a global standard.
The state is threatening to punish doctors whose advice deviates from the "scientific consensus."
[I asked Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (University of Minnesota) to write a post about Mastodon and one particular recent controversy related to it, and he very kindly agreed. -EV]
"in a suit over alleged pressure on social media firms to censor posts on topics like Covid-19 vaccines and election fraud."
So holds the Pennsylvania intermediate appellate court, rejecting a First Amendment defense.
On Thursday, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction against the portion of the law applying to higher education, with one judge describing the law as "positively dystopian."
"We also need to improve university culture."
"Meanwhile, if a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody there to hear it, everyone will still tell the public what it sounded like and what it means."
Two chapters of the organization say the law violates the First Amendment.
A court grants summary judgment in a #TheyLied case, after the defendant had stopped defending it, concluding that "Ms. Abid's refusal to litigate is purposeful and consistent with her malign, manipulative character shown in this record."
and because she left a sex toy where one of them could find it.
Monique Owens shouted over critical speakers at a September city council meeting, claiming it was her "First Amendment right."
The CCP’s tyranny extends even to U.S. college campuses, where Chinese and Taiwanese students fear censorship.
The court cites the relatives' privacy interests, and in particular the risk of "harassment by the adults alleged to have committed sexual crimes against the decedent" (and who aren't named as defendants in the case).
The order “could encompass speech ... that [the mother] believe[s] valid and substantiated even if CPS ultimately determines that [it is] not.”
when the school generally allows other non-election-related but still political statements to be read, and is allowing an election-related pro-abortion-rights student walkout.
If the bird site's new owner wants to protect free speech, he should focus on resisting government requests to remove content.
No one is confused about whether Tofurky is turkey.
Collin College fired Suzanne Jones in 2021, after she voiced support for union activity and the removal of Confederate monuments.
Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.
Plus: Congress remains too cautious about marijuana, myths about independent contractors, and more...
The crucial protector of internet speech might have some cracks in its armor.
The law authorizes regulators to discipline physicians who deviate from the "contemporary scientific consensus."
On Tuesday, the senator erroneously claimed that "free speech does not include spreading misinformation."