freedom of speech

China is attempting to control the global conversation about its escalations in Hong Kong and its treatment of Uighurs.

A spokesman for the German chancellor said social media companies should not "stand back" when users incite violence or spread hate.

Targeting the views and supporters of a presidential administration may be a new tactic for the Left, but stifling the views and thoughts of opponents isn't.

Among the many disturbing events of 2020 has been the rising threat to academic freedom at colleges and universities.

If you don't like someone's ideas you should argue with them or ignore them; getting someone to censor them should not be an option.

Alito's primary theme was the restrictions on constitutionally guaranteed freedoms—especially of religion, assembly and speech—that have intensified during the pandemic.

No one should fear violence or harassment for reproducing or publishing images like the Charlie Hebdo cartoons. But those who do not agree their publication s also have the right to non-violently voice their concerns.

The professor's tweet compared North Carolina's COVID-19 lockdown measures to a "slave state."

He offered a scathing rebuke Saturday of Chinese government officials and their country's state-run media outlets for producing "obscene propaganda" that looks to capitalize on U.S. civil unrest.

The social media giant complied with more take-down requests from Indian officials than any other country, a study by the Committee to Protect Journalists showed.

Despite the government's iron fist, Egyptians are still intent on taking to the streets.

Freedom of speech is being used more to defame than to argue or inform—and we might be undermining its very future.

Representative Kiah Morris said political discourse had become "divisive, inflammatory" and even dangerous.

Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, experts have pointed to an increasing crackdown on free speech.

A law firm had claimed defamation over a former client's feedback.

Ahmed Mansoor was part of a Human Rights Watch Advisory Committee.

The bill proposed jail sentences and hefty fines for anyone found guilty of publishing fake news.

"To me it sends a chilling message that if you are a Christian and you hold traditional Christian views you should be careful not to express them, because you might end up losing your job."

"It'll get you a ride on a Greyhound bus," one team owner told drivers thinking of protesting.

Only 26 percent could name all three branches of the government.

Twitter, which counts Trump among its active users, has a record of litigating in favor of user privacy.

Bills have been introduced over the past month in states including North Dakota, Indiana and Iowa that would impose measures such as harsher penalties for demonstrators who disrupt traffic, and scrapping punishment for drivers who unintentionally strike protesters blocking their vehicles.

Human rights organizations have repeatedly criticized media freedoms in Egypt, which jailed the second most journalists of any country in the world in 2015.

The president-elect, who has called the press 'scum,' may find it hard to legally limit the media; will intimidation and secrecy accomplish the same goals?

Wilders's hearing could either be a setback for the party or a blessing in disguise.

Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi was arrested four years ago for championing free speech.

Bloggers have complained Twitter has pandered to Kremlin trolls.

The restaurant had closed because of threats from supporters of the Turkish president.

In a society where everyone is easily offended, making people laugh is a treacherous business.

Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for comments made on his blog.