Free Speech
Lebanon Is Becoming Increasingly Tough for Journalists
Once hailed as a model for free thinking and expression, Lebanon is becoming increasingly authoritarian toward dissenting voices and the rights of journalists to be critical of government action and...
Regulate or Ban TikTok? How Americans View the Potential Security Risk
With increased bipartisan concern in Washington about the data collection and management practices of Chinese-owned social media applications such as TikTok, we inquired as to whether the public is similarly...
Credibility Crisis: How to Save Social Media From Itself
Should social media owners be liable for the content published on their sites, or should they benefit from the privilege of neutrality given to them at the dawn of the...
Parler Play: Is Ye Bailing Out a Failing Social Media Company?
Earlier this week, the conservative-leaning social media network Parler announced that Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, had agreed to purchase the company. “In a world where conservative...
Free Speech at Stake? Trump-Era Visa Policy Comes Under Scrutiny
During the administration of President Donald Trump, the government began scrutinizing the social media presence of those applying for U.S. visas. Despite the change in administrations, the policy has continued...
Biden Condemns ‘Vicious Attack’ on Famed Author Salman Rushdie
President Joe Biden condemned the attack on author Salman Rushdie that took place during a lecture in New York on Friday. “Jill and I were shocked and saddened to learn...
Here’s What Elon Musk Told Twitter Employees
Last Thursday, incoming Twitter owner Elon Musk held a virtual “all-hands” meeting with Twitter employees where he discussed his plans for what will happen after his deal to acquire the...
Judge Throws Out Trump’s Lawsuit to Overturn Twitter Ban
Shortly after the January 6th Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter. While some had called for the then-president to be tossed from the social network...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report Gets It Right on Proposed Antitrust Legislation
In a report released this week by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the national business association laid out a comparative assessment of how industrial policies in the United States (having...
The Jerusalem Declaration’s Bogus Definition of Anti-Semitism
In 2016, following major attacks targeting Jewish and Israeli targets around the world, and based on earlier text adopted by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, the government-based...
Will the First Amendment Protect the Redditors Discussing GameStop Stock?
GameStop, the video game retail chain, saw its stock rise as much as 1,800% in January 2021 after fans, who believe the stock was unfairly devalued by large investors, championed...
1918: When the Feds Controlled the Conversation on a Pandemic
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the model of a marketplace of ideas in which strong arguments drive out the weak has sometimes taken a beating. Erroneous theories of the virus...