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Israel is deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza: Experts
Press freedom groups point to a pattern of killing clearly identified journalists.
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Greenpeace defeats $100 Million lawsuit in victory for free speech
A federal court in California dismissed a seven-year lawsuit brought by Resolute Forest Products against a number of Greenpeace staff members and entities, including Greenpeace International and Greenpeace USA.
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Musk ragequits Twitter Space meeting, then shuts down the Twitter Space, then shuts down Twitter Spaces entirely
After banning journalists from The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and elsewhere last night, Elon Musk hopped into a Twitter Spaces chat being held by other journalists discussing the bans. He…
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Musk restores Twitter accounts of journalists suspended over 'doxxing' controversy
Following widespread condemnation and a user poll supporting their reinstatement, Twitter owner Elon Musk allows several prominent journalists to return to the social media platform, which claimed they had posted his "assassination coordinates".
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Elon’s Commitment To Free Speech Rapidly Replaced By His Commitment To Blatant Hypocrisy: Bans The JoinMastodon Account
Oh, Elon. Following on yesterday’s nonsense in banning the ElonJet account that robotically posted the public information regarding Elon’s private plane flights, and then trying to just…
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Thursday Night Purge: Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Tons Of High Profile Journalists
Well. Just after finishing that last post about Twitter banning the official Mastodon account on Twitter for tweeting about the ElonJet tracking account existing on Mastodon, it seems that whatever…
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UK waters down internet rules plan after free speech outcry
The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups.
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Kanye West Censored by ‘Free Speech’ Platform He Praised
Two weeks ago, news broke that rapper Kanye West—now known as Ye—was planning on buying the right-wing social media site Parler after he was temporarily booted from Instagram and Twitter over antisemitic posts. Despite West moving to the “free speech” site, however, he still isn’t free from censors, as Parler slapped a West post with a content warning on Friday afternoon.
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France: 11 convicted of cyberbullying teen who slammed Islam
A French court on Wednesday convicted 11 of 13 people charged with harassing and threatening a teenager who harshly criticized Islam in online posts and ended up changing schools and receiving police protection to preserve her safety.
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Should we celebrate Trump’s Twitter ban? Five free speech experts weigh in
In recent years, the conversation around free speech – and arguments to protect it – have been dominated by the right. Should liberals try and reclaim the value for themselves?
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Harper's Gives Prestigious Platform To Famous Writers So They Can Whine About Being Silenced
There's a slightly bizarre Letter on Justice and Open Debate that Harper's Magazine is publishing, signed by a long list of famous people (many of whom I respect, and plenty of whom I think are terribly entitled wannabe...
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In New Documentary, Animal Rights Activists Prosecuted as Terrorists
A new documentary “The Animal People” tells the story of the SHAC 7, who were sentenced to prison on terrorism charges over their protest activity.
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The CASE Act's flaws threaten free speech and Congress must fix them
We welcome and support the goal of removing some of the barriers that prevent rights holders from protecting their copyrighted works, but Congress first needs to amend the bill to ensure there are proper safeguards to protect the freedom of speech and due process.
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Google banned employees from discussing politics at work, but the government now reportedly says that restricts free speech rights
The National Labor Relations Board has ordered Google to strike community guidelines that ban employees from discussing political and workplace issues, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Free Speech Puts U.S. on ‘a Collision Course’ With Global Limits on Big Tech
When Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook called for regulating harmful internet content in an opinion column last month, Republicans in Washington expressed outrage that he was calling on the government to regulate speech. Within hours, the company’s top lobbyists started spreading another message to conservatives: Don’t take his suggestion too seriously.
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Tech Platforms Obliterated ISIS Online. They Could Use The Same Tools On White Nationalism.
Christchurch could be the moment Silicon Valley decides to finally treat white nationalism the way it's been treating ISIS for years. Before killing 50 people during Friday prayers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and injuring 40 more, the gunman apparently decided to fully exploit social media by releasing a manifesto, posting a Twitter thread showing off his weapons, and going live on Facebook as he launched the attack.
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Neo-Nazi groups allowed to stay on Facebook because they ‘do not violate community standards’
Neo-Nazi groups have been allowed to remain on Facebook because the social media giant found they did not violate its “community standards”, it has been revealed. Pages operated by factions of international white supremacist organisations including Combat 18 and the Misanthropic Division were reported, but Facebook refused to remove the content and told researchers to unfollow pages if they found them “offensive”.
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Raised middle finger is protected free speech: U.S. judge rules in favour of driver who flipped off cop
A raised middle finger is a form of free speech, a court has ruled, allowing a lawsuit by a driver who made the vulgar gesture at a police officer. The decision came from the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last week, but it started with a spirited exchange in June 2017, when a woman gave the middle-finger salute to a police officer who had just written her a ticket.
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Integrity and Promise What Do They Have To Do With Each other
Integrity and Promise Integrity in·teg·ri·ty NOUN the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness."he is known to be a man of integrity" Promise prom·iseNOUNa declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen."what happened
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Role Models
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV). You are a r…
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