Tag: Online Speech & Criticism

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Free speech or race-baiting? Tenn. shooting stirs debate over livestreamer’s approach

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on May 21 set a $1 million bond for a white livestreamer charged with attempted murder for allegedly...

Newsletter, 21 May 2026 – Inforrm’s Blog

Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and...

Will White House correspondents’ dinner be rescheduled? Some say: ‘Let’s call the whole thing off’

NEW YORK (AP) — And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. Or … maybe not? More than three weeks after the White House Correspondents’ Association...

Federal lawsuits in Tennessee target redistricting on First Amendment grounds

Home » News » Federal lawsuits in Tennessee target redistricting on First Amendment grounds Two different lawsuits filed in federal district court in Tennessee assert...

Erika Kirk parody may be offensive. It’s still free speech.

Have you seen or heard about the viral video of comedian Druski dressed as Erika Kirk? In it, Druski (who is Black) wears a blonde wig...

3 family members assaulted Turning Point USA journalist at Minn. protest, indictment says

Home » News » 3 family members assaulted Turning Point USA journalist at Minn. protest, indictment says Three family members assaulted a journalist who writes...

The postponement of RightsCon: Another case of the dragon’s hold on Africa?

Also read our CEO Jemimah Steinfeld’s view on the reasons for RightsCon’s cancellation The cancellation of RightsCon, due to be held this weekend in Lusaka,...

Poet Mohamed Tadjadit has become the voice of Algeria’s discontented youth

This article first appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of Index on Censorship, The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illliberal vision is seducing the Western world published...

Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms, court rules

Home » News » Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms, court rules DALLAS (AP) — Texas can require the Ten...

Orbán’s defeat should spell the end of foreign interference in European democracies

The Index team has been absorbed in everything Hungary-related this week. No surprise there, given Péter Magyar’s seismic election victory on Sunday, and Index’s...

Judge dismisses Trump’s $10B lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over reporting on ties to Epstein

Home » News » Judge dismisses Trump’s $10B lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over reporting on ties to Epstein WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed...