U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Public School Students’ Off-Campus Speech Rights
By Sophia Cope and Naomi Gilens In a win for freedom of speech, the U.S. Supreme Court held that public high school officials violated a…
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Student Booted as Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Over Mask Mandate Editorial
By Ben Zeisloft Maddison Farris, editor-in-chief of a student newspaper at Oklahoma State University, was forced to resign after criticizing the school’s mask policy. “I…
High School Girl Threatened With Jail for Making Legal Social Media Post About COVID-19 — Taxpayers Held Liable
By Matt Agorist Time and again, those in positions of authority abuse that authority by intimidating and even arresting those with whom they politically disagree….
Survey: 80% of Students are “self-censoring their viewpoints”, Many Feel Uncomfortable Speaking Up In Class
By Ben Zeisloft Four in five college students in the United States report censoring their own views while 48% say they are uncomfortable “expressing [their]…
San Diego Declares COVID Misinformation a Public Health Crisis — And More Global Orwellian Weekly News
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks…
Liberty Activist Indicted, Facing Years in Prison After Entirely Legal Facebook Posts Criticizing Gov’t
By Matt Agorist In 2017, the Free Thought Project brought you the story about constitutional activist Josh Martinez when he was arrested for refusing to…
Why Alternative News is America’s Last Hope for True Journalism
By Jeff Thompson “How can you believe that? I mean, look at your source. It’s an alternative news site. According to my TV, the truth…
Police Question Man at His Home For Legal Email He Sent Critical of Gov’t
By Matt Agorist Last year, after the killing of George Floyd, protests erupted across the country. One such protest took place in Manassas, Virginia and…
O (no!) Canada: Fast-moving Proposal Creates Filtering, Blocking and Reporting Rules—And Speech Police to Enforce Them
By Corynne McSherry and Katitza Rodriguez Policymakers around the world are contemplating a wide variety of proposals to address “harmful” online expression. Many of these…
Biden Gives “Five Eyes” What It Always Wanted: Access To Everyone’s Social Media
By MassPrivateI For years, Americans have largely ignored corporate social media surveillance. But that all of that is about to change, thanks to President Biden….
Big Tech Forms “White Supremacist” Counterterror Database; PayPal Works With ADL To “Fight Extremism And Hate”
By Tyler Durden Big tech – which overwhelmingly employs leftists who’ve casually called anyone right of Mao a ‘Nazi’ over the past five years –…
India’s Draconian Rules for Internet Platforms Threaten User Privacy and Undermine Encryption
By Katitza Rodriguez and Kurt Opsahl The Indian government’s new Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code (“2021 Rules”) pose huge problems for free expression…
Can the Biden Administration Censor the Internet Through Private Companies?
By Ethan Yang Misinformation has become one of the most abused words in contemporary dialogue. Any reasonable person should immediately raise red flags when someone…
Right or Left, You Should Be Worried About Big Tech Censorship
By Cory Doctorow Conservatives are being censored Claiming that “right-wing voices are being censored,” Republican-led legislatures in Florida and Texas have introduced legislation to “end…