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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
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

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

Mewis was abducted by unidentified assailants outside the Beit Tarkib art center in Baghdad on Monday evening.
By Helen Holmes
People walk outside Harvard Law School's Langdell Hall on May 10, 2010 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. U.S. President Barack Obama announced today the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, former Harvard Law School Dean from 2003-2009, to the Supreme Court succeeding retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.

The Day Free Speech Died at Harvard Law School

By Avrahm Berkowitz
A woman walks past caricatures of Israeli artists against the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement displayed during the Ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth's anti-BDS conference on March 28, 2016, in Jerusalem.

Legislating Against BDS Is the State Speaking Freely

By Robert Garson
Turkish Army soldiers march in a military parade during the celebrations of the Republic Day in Istanbul, 29 October 2007.

Turkey Is Now a Democracy in Name Only

By Micah Halpern
BUTNER, NC - NOVEMBER 20: The federal prison in Butner, North Carolina where Convicted Israel spy Jonathan Pollard was released from is seen on November 20, 2015 in Butner, North Carolina. Pollard, 61, spent 30 years in prison after being caught selling American intelligence secrets to Israel. The prison camp houses three levels of security on the multi-building Federal Correctional Institute campus.

How This Freelance Hostage Negotiator Talked to ISIS Leaders and Enraged the FBI

By Allan Ripp
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan Students Petition Against Free Speech

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
(Public domain photo)

8Chan Kicked Out of Google Search Results

By Brady Dale
Reddit users can't stand the new book of AMAS, and they're letting their aggression out in Amazon reviews. (Photo: Reddit)

BREAKING: Reddit Announces New Content Bans

By Sage Lazzaro
A person reads on November 1, 2011 in Paris an issue of Satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo to be published on November 2, 2011, whose cover features prophet Mohammed. "In order fittingly to celebrate the Islamist Ennahda's win in Tunisia and the NTC (National Transitional Council) president's promise that sharia would be the main source of law in Libya, Charlie Hebdo asked Mohammed to be guest editor," said a statement. AFP PHOTO MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Ill-Informed, Incurious, Intemperate, Ignoble and Ultimately Illiberal

By Dale Peck
Vicki Rovere. (<em>Photo: Matthew Kassel</em>)

Lone Protester Vicki Rovere Opposes PEN’s Decision To Honor Charlie Hebdo

By Matthew Kassel
Image source is a screen shot image hosted on the BloggingHeads.tv site of a video podcast. Site specifically allows for image reuse.

‘New York’ Mag Writer Is Incorrect on Political Correctness

By Lindsay Beyerstein
PARIS, FRANCE- Tributes of drawings, flowers, pens and candles are left in front of the Charlie Hebdo offices on January 14, 2015 in Paris, France.

Charlie Hebdo’s Stolen Valor

By Abraham H. Miller
Conservative filmmaker and author Dinesh D'Souza (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Dinesh D’Souza Enters the Bizarro World of Campaign Finance Censorship

By Sidney Powell
Stephanie Wood, Bob Gans, Sunny Leone, Bob Guccione, and Victoria Zdrok at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of The Penthouse Executive Club. (Photo by Patrick McMullan)

The Observer Scores One for the First Amendment

By Ken Kurson

Free Speech’s Victory, Schneiderman’s Defeat

By The Editors

Anonymous Wants DDoS Considered Free Speech, Hops on the White House Petition Bandwagon

By Kelly Faircloth

Our Free-Speech Double Standard: Publishers Censor Muhammad Depictions But Give Pimps a Pass

By Nina Burleigh

Wall Street Recruiter Suing the City After Being Arrested for Giving Cops the Finger

By Foster Kamer
Mr. Costolo (Photo: About.me)

Twitter Attempts to Protect Free Speech While Eradicating Hate Speech

By Jessica Roy

New York Politicians Move to Ban Anonymous Commenting

By Jessica Roy

Stop SOPA and PIPA

By The Editors
Nicole Katz (Getty)

Assemblyman's Wife Makes Video To Protest Banishment From Sen. Greg Ball's Facebook Page

By Hunter Walker
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