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Freedom of Expression Does Not Include the Right to Trespass

On Sunday, I wrote, with regard to my new article on freedom of speech and college antisemitism: Coauthor David L.… The post Freedom of Expression Does Not Include the Right to Trespass appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jul 2, 2025

Free Speech and Private Power: Restraints on Government Officials Moderating Online Content Following Lindke

[I am serializing my short Harvard Law Review Forum essay titled "Free Speech and Private Power", responding to the Harvard Law Review's publication… The post Free Speech and Private Power: Restraints on Government Officials Moderating Online Content Following Lindke appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jan 22, 2025

Free Speech and Private Power: Uncertainty About Disclosure Rules

[I am serializing my short Harvard Law Review Forum essay titled "Free Speech and Private Power", responding to the Harvard Law Review's publication… The post Free Speech and Private Power: Uncertainty About Disclosure Rules appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jan 21, 2025

"Free Speech and Private Power"

I have a short essay with this title in the Harvard Law Review Forum, responding to the Harvard Law Review's… The post "Free Speech and Private Power" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jan 10, 2025

Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment

The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.

WEKU · May 14, 2024

Journal of Free Speech Law: "'Falsely Shouting Fire,'" by Profs. Genevieve Lakier & Evelyn Douek

The article is here; the Introduction: Over one hundred years ago, in Schenck v. United States, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes created a meme. Holmes wanted to illustrate why freedom of speech was not—and could never be—absolute. "The most stringent protection of free speech," Holmes wrote, "would not protect a man…

Reason · Apr 11, 2024

U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here's what it means

Under a judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech."

WEKU · Jul 5, 2023

Big Tech's future is up to a Supreme Court that doesn't understand it

The court has historically struggles to adapt to new technology.

Axios · Feb 20, 2023

States’ next tech target: Regulating online speech

A former Facebook executive has a plan to help state lawmakers pass rules that work.

Axios · Apr 21, 2022