What are the politics of free speech? A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech. Angelo Herndon, whose conviction for a crime related to free speech was ...

Yona Faedda’s case is an instance of growing speech restrictions in Europe. Why has the U.S. been able to safeguard ...

The First Amendment protections for free speech have inspired people worldwide and laid the foundation not just for American society but also for entire industries – from social media to this very ...

Free speech is a privilege that many of us hold dear. But as machines become increasingly capable of generating words, ideas and arguments, should this fundamental right be extended to them too? This ...

In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assissination, a fierce First Amendment debate over the concept of hate speech has taken center stage across the nation. Conservative lawmakers and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palestinian protesters hold signs and flags outside the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in 2024. Photo: Greg Bishop / ...

I confess to not having given much thought to the historical origins of free speech before reading Fara Dabhoiwala’s marvelous history, What Is Free Speech? As an American, the right to freedom of ...

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the president’s pledges to guarantee free speech have been replaced by efforts to suppress — and even criminalize — what their critics have to say. By ...

When we hear the term "thought police," we think about the book "1984" or maybe recall the horrors of the old Soviet Union and its client states, where citizens were afraid to ever speak the truth.

When he reentered the White House in January, President Donald Trump insisted that protecting free speech was one of his key missions. On his first day back in office, he signed an executive order ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested this week that the government, in response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk last Wednesday, may start to target “hate speech.” In a podcast interview with ...

The zealous safeguarding of individual expression is a recent innovation. What sparked it? The need to curb violent societal upheaval. As the United States veers toward renouncing its free speech ...