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Wired: It’s Time to Stop Arresting People for Trolling the Government

Posted on 04.12.202306.06.2024 by Jeff Kosseff in First Amendment, News, Our Perspectives, Press Freedom

Senior Fellow Jeff Kosseff on why old criminal defamation laws pose a danger to free speech in the digital age. “we’ve seen disturbing examples of charges filed against citizens who criticize local government officials on social media” access article

Foreign Policy: U.S. Conservatives Are Threatening Global Free Speech

Posted on 03.08.202306.06.2024 by Jacob Mchangama and Nadine Strossen in First Amendment, Global Free Speech, News, Our Perspectives, Press Freedom

New Foreign Policy piece by Jacob Mchangama, this time with Nadine Strossen on Ron DeSantis, a Republican, who is expected by many to announce his candidacy for president in the coming weeks or months. DeSantis’s call to make it easier to sue the media for `false information’” is part of a larger Republican revolt against […]