Free speech

A-G Ken Paxton moves to defend Texas’s designation of CAIR as a terrorist organization

"Radical Islamist terrorist groups are anti-American, and the infiltration of these dangerous individuals into Texas must be stopped," said Texas A-G regarding terrorist org. CAIR.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attends the executive order signing ceremony to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
The CBS Broadcast Center stands in Manhattan on September 13, 2018 in New York City.

'60 Minutes' segment on Trump's deportations, CEGOT mega-prison leaks after being pulled by CBS

A PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY activist holds a placard outside the St George’s Cathedral during an interfaith prayer and vigil for the victims of the shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 17, 2025.

Bondi massacre was not about free speech – it's the cost of normalizing antisemitism - opinion

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, October 30, 2025.

Prominent Turkish journalist gets 4-year sentence for Erdogan comments


Hebrew U. slams gov't bill banning Palestinian flags on university campuses

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Senate decried the bill as infringing on freedom of expression and going against "basic principles of democracy."

 Hebrew University of Jerusalem students protest against government ban on Palestinian flags, May 28, 2023.

Trans activists shut down controversial book launch, sparking free speech debate

A trans activist said the book was dangerous because it's meant for parents and family acceptance is essential for trans people.

 The trans flag drawn with chalk on a sidewalk

No joke: China's backlash against stand-up stirs fear of comedy clampdown

Bejing fined a comedian, stating that they would "never allow any company or individual use the Chinese capital as a stage to wantonly slander the glorious image of the PLA."

The entrance of a show venue of stand-up comedy company Danliren Culture Media is pictured in Beijing, China May 19, 2023.

Nikki Glaser is still searching for ‘the line’ to cross

Glaser has learned from many of the greats in the comedy world, but getting what felt like a holy blessing from Jewish comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld was a rite of passage she treasures.

 Executive producer and cast member Nikki Glaser participates in Viacom Comedy Central "Not Safe with Nikki Glaser" panel during the Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 6, 2016

US court rejects challenge to Texas anti-BDS law over lack of standing

The appellant, Haseeb Abdullah, contended that the law violated the First Amendment on free speech.

 BDS ACTIVISTS in action

US Supreme Court weighs convicted stalker's free speech claim

Billy Counterman, found guilty in a 2017 trial and sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison, is challenging his conviction under a Colorado stalking law

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Redefining freedom of speech: Protecting the right to the truth

Could a marketplace with too many ideas put access to truth at risk?

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A Florida bill banning ‘ethnic intimidation’ flyers aims to stop the state’s neo-Nazi rise

Hate groups’ activity has been rising in Florida for several years, according to a 2022 report by the Anti-Defamation League

 Demonstrators hold antisemitic symbols and signs as they protest outside the Tampa Convention Center, where Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit was being held, in Tampa, Florida on July 23, 2022.

Twitter launches new policy against violent speech

Twitter stresses that its platform should be used for civil discussion and that cannot happen when discourse that promotes violence spreads on its site.

  Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022

Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks Egypt 168th out of 180 countries surveyed in its press freedom index

Cairo University students shout slogans against the government after the verdict of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's trial