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Policing Halloween costumes won’t eliminate hate on campus
From Yale’s 2015 controversy to a Nazi costume at Portland State, universities continue to struggle with offensive expression.
2 hrs ago
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Claire Ottenstein
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Government officials admit his Halloween decorations are legal. Why won't they leave him alone?
In Bristol Borough, a Halloween display tests what “voluntary” means.
Oct 28
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Matthew Harwood
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Student journalists know their rights. Universities should too.
A UMD staffer called the cops on student journalists. Now the school is meeting with FIRE.
Oct 27
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Jessica M. Barker
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Your speech, their rules: How foreign governments censor Americans
It is a random Tuesday night, and you are relaxing on your living room couch scrolling through your social media feed.
Oct 26
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Trace Mitchell
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Meta gets fined, a student stands her ground, and a mob goes cannibal
FIREwire No. 49
Oct 23
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David Josef Volodzko
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Silencing social media won’t stop the unrest in France
Censorship isn’t a ‘one weird trick,’ a Band-Aid, or a miracle cure
Oct 23
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Sarah McLaughlin
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New Mexico’s $25 billion verdict against Meta is fundamentally about speech
Most coverage calls it a privacy case. But a jury judged whether Facebook’s moderation claims were true, creating a blueprint for policing moderation.
Oct 22
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Trace Mitchell
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Is your phone making you less tolerant?
Over a fifth of college students get their news solely from social media. What does that do to them?
Oct 22
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Chapin Lenthall-Cleary
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Preorder: Free Speech Generation
Grab it now, submit your receipt, and get a free limited-edition T-shirt
Oct 21
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FIRE
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Douglass and the betrayal of freedom
Why the dismantling of Reconstruction did not break his commitment to free speech
Oct 21
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Jacob Mchangama
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Restoring Title IX kangaroo courts is no solution to the ‘Cornell 7’ sexual assault controversy
The outrage over the sexual assault allegations at Cornell University cannot lead to a return to the old Title IX regulations that cast aside due…
Oct 16
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Robert Shibley
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After a congressman challenged a student reporter’s right to record, here’s what journalists should know
Recording conversations in public isn’t surreptitious or against the law — and knowing how to assert your right to record can make your reporting easier
Oct 16
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Marie McMullan
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