Topic: Free Speech

Google-Backed Scholar: Search Results Protected by the First Amendment

Reuters

In a Google-funded report on the constitutional rights of an Internet search, UCLA law professor—and blogger—Eugene Volokh makes a lofty claim about the legal rights of any given Google search.

By Adam Martin

Apr 25, 2012

Marine Discharged for Criticizing Obama on Facebook

His fate's been in limbo for nearly three weeks, but on Wednesday, Sgt. Gary Stein was discharged from the Marines without honor for making fun of the president on Facebook.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 31, 2012

The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy of Twitter's New Censorship Rules

Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo, stern-faced and blank-eyed, explained his company's new censorship capabilities defensively on Monday night.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Aug 8, 2011

Spatwatch

Vonnegut Library Director Fights School District's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' Ban

Vonnegut Library Director promises to send 150 copies of the banned book

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jul 27, 2011

Let's Pause to Imagine a Truck Nutz Supreme Court Case

Jury trial will determine whether woman's car decoration violates standards of decency

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Of Boycotts and Democracy in Israel

A new law forbids Israeli citizens from boycotting West Bank settlements

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By Caitlin Dickson

May 12, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Thursday Columns

On political wives, female genital mutilation, and the torture debate

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