In a disturbing agreement from the perspective of free speech advocates Tuesday, the European Commission and U.S. based social media companies Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft agreed to a “Code of Conduct” on “hate speech”. It’s pretext is to stop…
France Wants To Impose Its Laws On Google Worldwide
Google is fighting a ruling in France that requires Google to not just honor search removal requests from users in France, but to also censor those results worldwide, including the USA. In March, the French data protection regulator (CNIL) ordered…
Man Who Wrote ‘F*ck the F*cking Cops’ on Facebook Gets $35,000 After Wrongful Arrest
First amendment protections of free speech don’t just protect polite speech. If you need a reminder of this, look no further than the case of a Wisconsin man who was just awarded $35,000 after he was arrested and convicted of…
Pamela Geller: Free-Speech Issue Avoided by DC Metro Maneuver
Pamela Geller was not ready to give up after her “Draw Muhammed” contest in Texas turned ugly. When two jihadists showed up at the event, intending to kill people inside, they only wounded one security guard and were killed in…
Charlie Hebdo: Shy Press “Insulting The Citizenship”
Charlie Hebdo‘s editor in chief, Gérard Biard, went on Sunday’s Meet the Press to discuss the effect that the terrorist attacks on their office in Paris earlier this month have had on media. In addition to that, many wanted to…