In the U.S., most of what gets posted online, even if it's hate-filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech.

AT a time when there should be an introspective stocktaking of the internet ... and government bodies can also use this law to prosecute people. The disproportionate criminalisation of speech ...

Government censorship of speech is intolerable ... rather than allegedly coercing internet platforms, but the First Amendment coercion analysis should be much the same in either situation.

President Trump has empowered Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, to fire government employees, eliminate federal ...

While people argue over whether government ... the source of your internet activity, they are not foolproof—nor should they be necessary to access legally protected speech," warn Rindala Alajaji ...

as well as hate speech. While rights activists acknowledge the need for some regulation, they argue that such measures should ...

Pakistan’s lower house of parliament passed a controversial bill on Thursday that will give the government sweeping control over social ... suppress the freedom of speech of the people of ...

And fake news, hate speech and offenses remain subject to legal restraints and controlled by independent courts.” “I think I should ... with them to take control of the government.

This creates an unambiguous prohibition on internet shutdowns, so theoretically the council should never attempt to breach ... Over the course of its 16-year tenure, the AL government strategically ...

Musk’s efforts to silence those whose speech he dislikes are not limited to posting to his 200 million followers on the ...

European leaders should end the isolation of far-right ... shares a common approach on migration, identity and internet speech. Mr Vance singled out his German hosts, telling them to drop their ...