Free Speech
Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Free Speech, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 165 stories have been published about Free Speech which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Free Speech, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 165 stories have been published about Free Speech which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
Top Free Speech News
Twitter · San FranciscoElon Musk said he would release documents about the "suppression of freedom" practiced by the social network during the previous Twitter administration. The public deserves to know what really happened," the billionaire tweeted.See the Story
Musk says files on ‘free speech suppression’ will be published on Twitter
78% Right coverage: 23 sources
Europe · LondonBritain will not force tech giants to remove content that is "legal but harmful" from their platforms after campaigners and lawmakers raised concerns that the move could curtail free speech, the government said on Monday.See the Story
UK ditches ban on 'legal but harmful' online content in favour of free speech
43% Center coverage: 23 sources
ReligionThe case pits free speech rights against anti-discrimination laws. The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its ruling before the end of June. The case closely resembles one from 2018 when the court partially ruled in favor of a baker. The court did not squarely address the issue of whether a business can decline to serve gays and lesbians.See the Story
The Countdown: Supreme Court case pits free speech vs. LGBTQ rights
78% Left coverage: 9 sources
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TwitterThe White House is keeping a close eye on Twitter, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. Musk responded with, Why are so many in the media against free speech? This is messed up. Musk soon raised the stakes with a dire warning to America.See the Story
Elon Musk warns he is fighting 'a battle for the future of civilization'
100% Right coverage: 2 sources
Alex Jones · HartfordConspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages on top of a nearly $1 billion verdict handed down last month for his defamatory claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting, a Connecticut judge ruled Monday.
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Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages in Sandy Hook defamation case
56% Center coverage: 167 sources
Business · San FranciscoElon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account that impersonates another. Twitter previously issued warnings before suspensions, now that it is rolling out "widespread verification, there will be no warning" Comedian Kathy Griffin had her account suspended Sunday after she switched her screen name to Musk.See the Story
Twitter suspends users for imitating Elon Musk in early test of his free speech stance
43% Center coverage: 21 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonSen. Dick Durbin claimed on Twitter that "Free speech does not include spreading misinformation to downplay political violence."See the Story
Dem Senator Suggests “Free Speech” Doesn’t Include Right to Question Paul Pelosi Attack
100% Right coverage: 8 sources
Twitter · San FranciscoElon Musk shot back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's criticism of his decision to charge verified Twitter users to keep their blue check marks on Wednesday by tweeting: "Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8." See the Story
Musk to AOC: ‘Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8’
69% Right coverage: 26 sources
Europe · Minsk A court in Belarus on Thursday sentenced yet another independent journalist to three years in prison, a second prison sentence handed to a journalist in the European county this week in a sweeping, years-long crackdown on independent media. According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Aliaksandr Liubianchuk was convicted on the charges of participating in an extremist group. Liubianchuk had worked with a number of independent media, including the Poland-based Belsat TV channel, which was outlawed as extremist in Belarus.See the Story
Belarus sends one more independent journalist to prison
59% Center coverage: 12 sources
Erdogan · AnkaraPolice carried out raids in several Turkish cities on Tuesday and detained 11 journalists affiliated with pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish militants, officials and reports said. The detentions come days after Turkey ratified a controversial new media law that mandates prison terms for people deemed to be spreading “disinformation” for the purpose of causing “public worry, fear and panic.” Critics of the law have said they fear President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government — which already controls most news outlets — will use it to further crack down on social media and independent reporting as the country heads toward elections.See the Story
Turkey: 11 Kurdish journalists detained in simultaneous house raids
58% Left coverage: 12 sources
BusinessChief Justice of India U.U. Lalit nominated Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as his successor in a brief meeting held at the Supreme Court judges lounge in the presence of all the other judges of the court on October 11, 2022. Chief Justice Lalit is scheduled to retire on November 8 at the end of 74-day tenure as top judge. He has a tenure of about two years until his retirement on November 11, 2024.See the Story
Justice DY Chandrachud to succeed CJI UU Lalit from this November
63% Left coverage: 8 sources
