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Free Speech

  1. taboos
    The New War on Porn Is WinningLaws requiring ID checks for websites are wildly popular — and potentially fatal for the adult industry.
    By Lux Alptraum
  2. screen time
    Social Media Drops the ‘Digital Town Square’ RoutineEvery platform used to be for everyone, but those days are gone.
    By John Herrman
  3. on with kara swisher
    Piers Morgan on Free Speech, Elon Musk, and the Meaning of MeatIn the latest episode of On With Kara Swisher, she grills the tabloid veteran about his long, tumultuous career and whether his outrage is all an act.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  4. bird brain
    The Unhinged Debate Over Twitter and ‘Free Speech’Whatever one makes of Twitter’s policies, a wider array of people and perspectives influence elite discourse today than ever before.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. screen time
    This Was Always the Problem With TwitterThe company has been exactly what the owners needed it to be — and nothing more.
    By John Herrman
  6. social studies
    Do You Have a Right Not to Be Lied To?Freedom of speech is being reconsidered by a group of legal scholars, who argue it is not absolute and may be outdated in a world of disinformation.
    By Jeff Wise
  7. the picket line
    Elon Musk Wants Free Speech for Himself, Not SpaceX EmployeesWorkers were fired for daring to criticize the king.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. cancel culture
    She Tweeted That Alan Dershowitz Might Be Acting Crazy. So Yale Fired Her.The strange free-speech case of Bandy Lee.
    By Joshua Kendall
  9. free speech
    Who’s Afraid of Higher Education?Bari Weiss’s unaccredited university is just Bible college for libertarians.
    By Sarah Jones
  10. u.s. supreme court
    ‘Cussing Cheerleader’ Wins in Supreme Court Free-Speech CaseThe Court decided 8-1 that obscene student tirades made on social media are protected unless they disrupt public-school activities.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the discourse
    ‘Defending a Free Society’ Requires Radically Changing This OneThe myopia and hypocrisy of “philosophical liberals” undermine their critiques of “cancel culture.”
    By Eric Levitz
  12. free speech
    Trump’s Executive Order to Stifle Israel Critics Probably Violates ConstitutionThe Trump administration is stumbling into a free-speech nightmare by using the power of the state to silence legitimate protest.
    By Jesse Singal
  13. facebook
    The Zuck’s SpeechThe Facebook CEO’s speech defending his right to not do anything and take no responsibility misses the point.
    By Brian Feldman
  14. legalities
    Anti-Free-Speechers Still Aren’t Taking Their Own Arguments SeriouslyTheir hearts might be in the right place, but they are carefully avoiding dealing with real scenarios or hard questions.
    By Jesse Singal
  15. the media
    Free-Speech Defender Bret Stephens Reports ‘Bedbug’ Joke to Critic’s BossWhen progressives tried to get Tucker Carlson fired for calling Iraqis “primitive monkeys,” the Times columnist frowned upon their illiberalism.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. free speech
    GOP: Ilhan Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports the First AmendmentOmar’s so-called “BDS resolution” merely affirms Americans’ constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. liberalism
    Jordan Peterson’s Meeting With Orbán Was Hypocritical — But in CharacterThe “classic liberal” has long been too obsessed with fighting the activists on campus to worry about abetting the right-wing authoritarians in power.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: The Appeasement of Donald TrumpThe angry king is banking every concession and, empowered and emboldened, getting more aggressive and more power hungry.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  19. politics
    Conservatives Use Free Speech As a Shield to Defend BigotryA Republican delegate in West Virginia claimed that the Islamophobic Ilhan Omar poster was about “free speech.” It wasn’t.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  20. education
    Fed Up With Liberal Academia, Conservatives Call for Their Own Safe SpaceRather than being a refuge for scholars, the secular right-wing ivory tower envisioned by researchers would restrict academic freedom in its own way.
    By Sarah Jones
  21. interesting times
    Democrats Can’t Keep Dodging Immigration As a Real IssueTrump’s lies and fear-mongering about the migrant caravan only prove the point.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  22. Trump’s DOE Vows to Help College Students Restrict Free Speech (About Israel)The Trump administration announces that anti-Zionist speech is too politically incorrect and triggering to be allowed on college campuses.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. campus controversies
    A CUNY Student Was Investigated for Criticizing IsraelWhen one student can narc on another for being offended by their political opinion, things start to get pretty Kafkaesque.
    By Jesse Singal
  24. select all
    The Downloadable Gun Is Dead — for NowA federal judge issued a temporary nationwide ban on blueprints for untraceable 3-D-printed firearms just hours before they posted online.
    By Mack DeGeurin
  25. Red States Defend Free Speech — With Laws Punishing Campus ProtestThese First Amendment-loving states have also passed laws punishing companies that refuse to do business with Israel for political reasons!
    By Eric Levitz
  26. the national interest
    Trump Unable to Remember Words to ‘God Bless America’ at Fake Fan RallyThe White House event was heavy on compulsory authoritarian demonstrations of ersatz nationalism, and light on genuine patriotism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. Feds Jailed Gun Owner for Making Politically Incorrect Facebook PostsYou’ll never guess the color of his skin.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. Donald Trump: The Campus Free-Speech Crisis Is ‘Highly Overblown’The president argues that the media pays too much attention to the illiberal left, which has little influence beyond “one campus or two campuses.”
    By Eric Levitz
  29. the national interest
    The Right Is Worse Than the Left on Free Speech. So What?A value is something you hold yourself to, not just something you taunt the other side with.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. Court Can Avoid Clash Between Equality, Religious Liberty in Wedding-Cake CaseBy making the decision about free speech rather than a religious exercise, SCOTUS can limit the impact on anti-discrimination laws to a minimum.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the law
    Anthony Kennedy Has a Lot of Thinking to DoThe Supreme Court case over a baker who wouldn’t sell to a gay couple will come down to him. His questions in the case suggest a conflicted man.
    By Cristian Farias
  32. There Have Been So Many Bad Lefty Free-Speech Takes LatelyJust because the right and the alt-right make silly, hypocritical arguments about free speech doesn’t mean those on the left should follow suit.
    By Jesse Singal
  33. Trump Threatens to Revoke NBC’s License to Broadcast NewsThe president has said, “I love the First Amendment. Nobody loves it better than me.”
    By Eric Levitz
  34. NFL Looks Ready to Capitulate to Trump on Anthem ProtestsAt first, Trump’s bluster at the NFL over anthem protests seemed to be backfiring. But threats to the wallet seem to have made their mark.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    Jeff Sessions Picks a Very Bad Week for a Sermon on Free SpeechThe Snowflake Administration supports the First Amendment for campuses only.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. Germany Shuts Down a Left-Wing ‘Extremist’ Website for First TimeGermany’s decision to shut down a social network for anti-capitalists may bear a warning to the American left.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. interesting times
    The Boston Rally Exposed the Left’s Intolerance of Free SpeechBoston’s mayor, police force, and protesters combined to shut down an event that was open to a wide range of opinions.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  38. protests
    Tens of Thousands March Against Hatred and White Supremacy in BostonBoston’s police commissioner applauded how 99.9 percent of the roughly 40,000 protesters were “standing tall against hatred and bigotry in our city.”
    By Chas Danner
  39. Poll: Most GOP Voters Say Courts Should Fine News Outlets for Biased StoriesAnd 45 percent say courts should be able to “shut down” biased media. Meanwhile, 49 percent of Trump voters say he won the popular vote.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. 43 Senators Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Boycott Israeli SettlementsFourteen Democrats co-sponsored a bill that would make supporting a boycott of Israel — or its settlements — punishable by 20 years in prison.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. campus culture wars
    Stop Telling College Students Free Speech Is Traumatizing ThemIf you tell students over and over and over again that certain types of speech are harming them, don’t be surprised when they feel harmed.
    By Jesse Singal
  42. select all
    Germany Passes Law Penalizing Social Networks for Hate SpeechViolations carry a $57 million fine.
    By Brian Feldman
  43. campus culture wars
    What If College Students Have the Same Views on Free Speech As Everyone Else?A new survey highlights the lack of good empirical evidence to suggest that college students are the free-speech enemies many suppose them to be.
    By Jesse Singal
  44. Fordham University Shows Why Liberals Should Fight for Campus Free SpeechThe school’s attempts to squelch pro-Palestinian advocacy show what happens to liberal causes where free-speech norms are weak.
    By Jesse Singal
  45. The ‘Shut It Down!’ Left and the War on the Liberal MindA noisy, illiberal minority in the progressive movement might not be a minority forever.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. Trump Praises First Amendment, Calls for Media Suppression and Fewer ProtestsThe president told CPAC the media “shouldn’t be allowed” to cite anonymous sources, and suggested people shouldn’t protest after an election.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. Attacking Free Speech Is the Wrong Way to Counter Campus Anti-SemitismA new bipartisan bill designed to respond to anti-Semitic hate has some seriously problematic components from a free-speech perspective.
    By Jesse Singal
  48. select all
    Do We Want Giant Tech Companies to Be Our Anti-Harassment Overlords?A new Google project highlights the potential for unintended consequences in the fight against harassment.
    By Jesse Singal
  49. free speech
    Why the University of Chicago’s Anti–‘Safe Space’ Letter Is ImportantDid it go a little overboard? Yes. Did it highlight a legitimate issue? Also yes.
    By Jesse Singal
  50. We Followed Twitter Pariah and Gamergate Hero Milo Yiannopoulos Around the RNC“It was the best thing they could ever have done for me,” Yiannopoulos says about the Twitter ban.
    By Kenny Wassus
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