The Daily Texan: US Immigration Officials to Begin Monitoring Non-Citizen Social Media for ‘Antisemitic Activity’

Posted on by Ashkhen Kazaryan in First Amendment, In the news, News

By Catharine Li Federal immigration enforcement will begin screening non-citizens’ social media accounts for “antisemitic activity” as grounds for denying visa and green card applications, according to an April 9 announcement from the Department of Homeland Security. . . . Ashkhen Kazaryan, fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum and senior legal fellow at the Future of Free […]

Reason: Survey: Free Speech Support Is Eroding in America

Posted on by Jacob Mchangama in Culture, Featured News, First Amendment, Global Free Speech, News, Our Perspectives

By Jacob Mchangama  Last month, Vice President J.D. Vance lectured European leaders about their troubling retreat from free speech, calling their actions “shocking to American ears” and a threat to democracy itself. Yet new global survey data reveal a troubling incongruity in Vance’s own backyard: Despite boasting the world’s strongest constitutional protections, Americans’ support for free speech […]

O Globo: Alexandre de Moraes and Freedom of Expression

Posted on by Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff in Digital Regulation, First Amendment, Global Free Speech, News, Our Perspectives

Originally published in Portuguese. A rough English translation is below. To read a longer version of this article, check out The Bedrock Principle.  By Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff  In 2019, Dias Toffoli , then president of the Supreme Federal Court, appointed Alexandre de Moraes to lead an inquiry into “fraudulent news, slanderous accusations and threats against the Court, […]

Berlingske: Hamas Supporter Handcuffed and Flown Out of State: Now Critics Fear for Free Speech in The US

Posted on by Jacob Mchangama in Culture, First Amendment, Global Free Speech, In the news, News

Rough English Translation By Troels Heeger [ . . . ] Global implications As head of The Future of Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama recently helped release a new report on the development of public support for free speech across several countries. While Denmark ranks second among countries with the highest support for free speech, support […]

Persuasion: Free Speech Hypocrites

Posted on by Jacob Mchangama in First Amendment, Free Speech History, News, Our Perspectives

By Jacob Mchangama The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and the threat to go after others prove the hollowness of Trump’s claims to be a champion of free speech. When asked on Wednesday about the arrest and planned deportation of Mahmoud Khalil for his pro-Palestinian protest activities last year, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan resorted […]

The Economist: Donald Trump Is Setting New Boundaries for Political Speech

Posted on by Jacob Mchangama in Culture, First Amendment, In the news, News

A loss for words Popular support for free speech has been eroding, to judge by a forthcoming study from The Future of Free Speech, a think-tank. Since the previous survey, in 2021, America had the third-largest decline in support for free speech among 33 countries, behind only Japan and Israel. America ranks 9th, after some […]

Persuasion: Europe Has a Free Speech Problem

Posted on by Jacob Mchangama in Digital Regulation, Disinformation, First Amendment, Global Free Speech, Hate Speech, News, Our Perspectives, Press Freedom

By Jacob Mchangama Last week, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance shocked an A-list group of European political and military leaders at the Munich Security Conference in Germany with a blunt message: Europe has gone too far in restricting speech. According to Vance, the main threat against European security does not emanate from Russia or China, but […]

WSJ: Banning TikTok Would Violate America’s Free Speech Tradition

Posted on by Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff in Digital Regulation, Featured News, First Amendment, News, Our Perspectives

By Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff A heavy-handed new law forced TikTok to announce that it would shut down operations “within days.” Although the law left people without a popular forum to share and access information, a government official brushed off free speech concerns, saying that the ban did not mean “doom and gloom” for the […]

The Center Square: Emergency Petition Urges Halt to TikTok ban

Posted on by Jeff Kosseff in Digital Regulation, First Amendment, In the news, News

By Shirleen Guerra The Liberty Justice Center filed an emergency petition alongside some TikTok creators, asking the court to halt the Jan. 19 ban until the U.S. Supreme Court gives its final ruling on the legal challenge. The emergency petition argues that the act violates the First Amendment because it bans all speech on TikTok, even […]