Censorship
The FTC’s probe into content moderation is an assault on the First Amendment
Today is the deadline for public comments regarding a "public inquiry" by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into the "potentially illegal" content moderation practices of social media platforms. As many…
Europe Is Embracing Lawfare, Threatening Its Alliance With the US
President Donald Trump’s election was greeted in Europe with outright fear by parties of the Left and wary apprehension by the center-right but with open elation by a resurgent sovereigntist Right. Now the Left and the center…
Will AI kill our freedom to think?
The current iteration of AI already edits our emails, sorts our inboxes, and picks the next song we listen to. But convenience is just the start. Soon, the same technology could determine which ideas ever reach your mind—or…
Mike Lee, Mary Miller want congressional Republicans to redefine obscenity
Sen. Mike Lee (R–Utah) wants to redefine obscenity in a way that could render all sorts of legal sexual content illegal. His proposal would make the definition of obscenity so broad that it could ban even the most mild…
German censorship highlights Europe’s eroding free speech protections
There's a lot to dislike about Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the nativist–populist party that came in second in the country's recent election, but the party's battles against government…
Censored by Big Tech? FTC Wants to Know
The Trump administration has vowed to root out Big Tech censorship that was openly practiced under former President Joe Biden. In 2021, Biden administration press secretary Jen Psaki—now a host for MSNBC—admitted that the…
Quote of the day
The Spectator has published Penn Law Professor Amy Wax’s anatomy of the suppression of dissent in higher education under the ideology of wokeism and other superstitions of the age. Perhaps I should refer to her as…
Marco Rubio Says Uncle Sam Is Monitoring Social Media. Who Doesn’t Believe Him?
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this bombshell during Wednesday’s White House Cabinet meeting: “We had an office in the Department of State whose job it was to censor Americans.” Rubio offered that he is…
Maine legislator Laurel Libby barred from voting over social media post
A Maine state legislator has been prohibited from speaking or having her votes counted—all for a social media post critical of transgender athletes participating in women's sports. Rep. Laurel Libby (R–Auburn) has…
Defending Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest, the government still cites nothing but an op-ed
When immigration agents grabbed Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk off the street near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 25, it looked like her only crime was cowriting an anti-Israel op-ed that…
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