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X Owner Elon Musk

Elon Musk Escalates War With X Advertisers in Explosive Interview

Musk characterized advertisers who quit X as blackmailing him with money.
By Nhari Djan
In this photo illustration a Parler website is seen behind a cell phone.

Right-Wing Social Media Site Parler’s Parent Company Reportedly Laid of 75 Percent of its Workforce

Parler's parent company reported laid off 75 percent of its workforce, calling the company's future into question.
By Rachyl Jones
Logo of Twitter blue bird on building

Left-Wing Twitter Accounts Criticizing Elon Musk Are Being Suspended for “Platform Manipulation and Spam”

Left-leaning users on Twitter, such as economist Dean Baker and researcher Andrew Lawrence, were banned from the platform.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

What Will Elon Musk Do With Twitter? Here is a 6-Point Guide

By Alex Kantrowitz

Kidnapped German Curator Hella Mewis Has Been Released, Iraqi Officials Say

By Helen Holmes
U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump’s Free Speech Order May Threaten Federal College Funding

By Donald Scarinci
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

How ‘Free Speech’ Works: Baseball Team Loses Sponsors Over AOC Video

By Chris Roberts
Milo Yiannopoulos

Do We Fight Fascism by Shutting Down Free Speech in Comedy Clubs?

By Harmon Leon

Professors Explain How Trump’s Free Speech Executive Order Actually Hurts Free Speech

By Davis Richardson

Ann Coulter Is Sad That She No Longer Gets Invited to Dinner Parties

By Davis Richardson
Brett Kavanaugh has supported journalists in libel cases, but sided against reporters in other First Amendment matters.

Brett Kavanaugh’s Spotty First Amendment Record Could Be a Problem for Tech and Media

By John Bonazzo
Comedy Central's The Daily Show Presents: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library.

The Constitution Prevents President Trump From Silencing Twitter Critics

By Donald Scarinci
Poland's Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz speaks during a joint UK/Poland press conference in London on October 12, 2017.

Poland Pushes Back Against Putin’s Special War

By John R. Schindler
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis, KKK and members of the "alt-right" hurl water bottles back and forth against counter demonstrators during the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Va.

ACLU Must Choose: Free Speech or Racial Justice?

By Francesca Friday
It's not like they are called the Washington Wussies.

Redskins No Longer Dead-skins: SCOTUS Rules for ‘Offensive’ Trademarks

By Selwyn Duke
A detail of Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial – unveiled in 1914 – depicts a black soldier fighting alongside his white master.

Why the Case for the Removal of Confederate Memorials Isn’t So Clear-Cut

By Alfred L. Brophy
BERKELEY, CA - APRIL 15: Trump supporters face off with protesters at a "Patriots Day" free speech rally on April 15, 2017 in Berkeley, California. More than a dozen people were arrested after fistfights broke out at a park where supporters and opponents of President Trump had gathered.

Berkeley Once Again Dissolves Into Chaos Over Free Speech

By Ashe Schow
PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 30: Nick Cannon attends the 2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on November 30, 2016 in Paris, France.

Free Speech Is No Defense for Nick Cannon’s Rant on NBC

By Robert Garson
ORLANDO, FL - JUNE 15: Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative columnist and internet personality, holds a press conference down the street from the Pulse Nightclub, June 15, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Yiannopoulos was briefly banned from Twitter on Wednesday. The shooting at Pulse Nightclub, which killed 49 people and injured 53, is the worst mass-shooting event in American history.

Left Attacks ACLU for Defending Milo Yiannopoulos’ Right to Free Speech

By Ashe Schow
People protest controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley on February 1, 2017 in Berkeley, California.

The Death of Free Speech

By The Editors
People using the darknet have a diverse range of motives and activities

Far Beyond Crime-Ridden Depravity, Darknets Are Key Strongholds of Freedom

By Roderick S. Graham
Protesters hold signs and chant during a protest by Boston area school students against President-elect Donald Trump after they walked out of classes on December 5, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Left Once Stood Against Injustice, Now They Stand Against Free Speech

By Pete Ross
Students wearing sombreros can spur an investigation at some colleges.

The Insensitivity Police Now Patrol Many Colleges

By Richard Bernstein
Demonstrators burn a US flag as human rights activists march in Santiago, on September 11, 2016 commemorating the 43nd anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet that deposed President Salvador Allende. / AFP / MARTIN BERNETTI

American Snobs Condemn Trump on Flag-Burning, but Europeans Are Kinda Jealous

By Robert Garson
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