Category: First Amendment

DeSantis denies shutting down pro-Palestinian campus groups violates free speech

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) denied that his attempts to remove pro-Palestinian groups from Florida university campuses violate free speech in Saturday comments. “We’re not throttling free speech at all,” DeSantis, a 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate, told Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade. “I mean, these groups, Students for Justice [in] Palestine, they have said that they are in cahoots with Hamas.” “They say, “We…

Elon Musk’s immoral, dangerous, failing experiment in free-speech

One year ago last week, Elon Musk carried in the sink. The gesture was symbolic of his just-completed purchase of Twitter, now known as X, which upended the entire social media industry. With the Israel-Hamas war now unfolding, we are now seeing that industry fail its first test since Musk began implementing his philosophy of free-speech absolutism. What has now become clear is that Musk’s…

Federal judge limits Biden administration contact with social media platforms

A federal judge blocked Biden administration officials Tuesday from communicating with social media companies, as two Republican state attorneys general challenge the legality of the administration’s efforts to curb disinformation. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, who was appointed by former President Trump, granted a preliminary injunction barring a wide swath of officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…