Free Speech & Tech Moderation

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (362+ words) The bill targets Big Tech, but its first casualties could be the small sites that cannot afford a lawsuit. US Representatives Mark DeSaulnier and Jimmy Patronis have introduced a bill to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Act, that generally protects…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (732+ words) After more than two years of legal proceedings, the case has been withdrawn without apology, deletions or restrictions on future commentary – but the wider battle over political speech continues. Over two years ago, in July 2024, in the midst of Israel’s…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago   (252+ words) A Carnegie Mellon University professor that made ‘hostile and threating’ posts online is “currently on voluntary professional leave”. That according to a post from CMU. The controversy started after a user on “X” responded to a 2021 post from Dr. Uju…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago   (347+ words) The military academy blocked faculty from discussing personal opinions while teaching and speaking at certain events without preapproval. During the first month of his second term, President Donald Trump ordered military colleges to ban “promoting, advancing, or otherwise inculcating” certain…...

13+ hour, 33+ min ago   (489+ words) Max Thompson, Campaigns Officer An honour, from a knighthood to an MBE, is often the pinnacle of the recipient's life — an award in recognition of years of service to a sector or community. But there is always someone or something…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (118+ words) Terre Haute Tribune-Star New downtown Terre Haute hotel plans revealed Abortion-rights protestors march between the Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana State Library on July 25, 2022. On his Truth Social platform, President Trump wrote on Monday: “The only reason that communities…...

6+ hour, 56+ min ago   (693+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. What Trump supporters call his magic is more ritual humiliation than hocus pocus. One of the ways President Donald Trump controls what used to…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (485+ words) The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave four Ohio colleges and universities a failing grade on their 2027 College Free Speech rankings. The survey ranked 261 colleges and universities after receiving responses from nearly 63,000 students who were surveyed via College Pulse…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (422+ words) An Alberta woman will face an eight-day human rights hearing over a flyer she distributed opposing a rainbow crosswalk and raising concerns about transgender ideology. The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal hearing against Westlock resident Benita Pedersen begins Monday. Pedersen distributed…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago   (631+ words) Under a new law, restraining orders (ROs) can be issued to people responsible for content that prejudices the maintenance of racial harmony in Singapore. In a press release on Monday (14 Sept), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reminded the public…...