Tag: Free speech

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...
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Reminder: Facebook Doesn’t Owe You Free Speech
If you said something really controversial, or created an incredibly offensive page on Facebook, what's the worst that could happen? In other words, what is Facebook's recourse?...
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Twitter Must Make It Harder to Be an Abuser, Says CEO
Twitter is aware that it has a problem with trolls and abusive content on the...
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Facebook Blocks ‘Insulting’ Pages on Muhammad in Turkey: Report
Apparently, Facebook isn't going to fight the free speech battle today. According to multiple outlets, which cite both...
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Turkey Demands Facebook Block ‘Insulting’ Pages
Earlier this month, a day after the terroristic attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook and said he is committed to makin...
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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 t...
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Facebook Smartly Adds Warnings to Graphic Videos
When it comes to dealing with violent and/or potentially offensive content, Facebook has made a lot of missteps. Now, the biggest social network in the world is looking to find a s...
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Why Facebook Will Never Be a Haven for Free Speech
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't want to let extremists stifle your freedom to express yourself. That's the takeaway from an eloquent post the Facebook CEO made on Friday regarding the...
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Regarding James Foley, Should Twitter Decide What You See?
Twitter is absolutely, one-hundred percent, within its right to remove whatever content they deem to be in violation of its rules and terms of service. Twitter can do this, and you...
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Mom Banned from Facebooking About Kids, Hitler
If a judge orders, as part of a probation deal, that you must stop ranting about Hitler and your family on Facebook, you should probably take it seriously. An appellate court ha...
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COPSLIE License Plate: Court Says Vanity Plate Must Be Allowed
Think that cops tend to be less than truthful and want to share that belief on a vanity license plate so you can inevitably be pulled over more often? Now you can if you l...
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Kent State Wrestler Suspended for Anti-Gay Tweets, So Of Course Free Speech Is Once Again Under Assault
Here's your daily reminder that freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. Kent State wrestler Sam Wheeler has been suspended indefinitely for making several anti...
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Virginia Yelp Review Suit Goes To Trial
A little over a year ago, a Virginia judge ordered a Yelp user to change...
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Court Orders Yelp To Identify Anonymous Reviewers
Once again, the subject of free speech with regard to Yelp reviews has been brought up in court. A new decision has proven controversial because if the court is wrong (which is ver...
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Tiger Mom – Another One Bites The Dust
What is it about the U.S. displaying such an uproar when someone voices their opinion on race, groups of people, religion, or politics? Isn't this a country where "free speech...
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