The Abortion Medication Ruling Threatens Free Speech Online
The US District court decision to block access to the abortion pill mifepristone has threatened the most common form of abortion. In his ruling, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk invoked the…
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It’s Time to Stop Arresting People for Trolling the Government
After Robert Frese posted a nasty Facebook comment about a police officer in 2018, police obtained a warrant to arrest him. This was the second time in six years that Frese was charged with…
9 People Hold the Internet’s Fate in Their Hands
The Florida bill attempts to weaken defendants’ protections in defamation lawsuits, including by making it easier to sue if the plaintiff has been accused of discriminating by race, sex,…
Texas Cites Clarence Thomas to Defend Its Social Media Law
Florida's law remains blocked, and the state is keenly interested in the outcome of the Texas battle. Florida on Wednesday filed a Supreme Court brief supporting Texas, and the Florida brief…
DoJ’s secret battle to obtain email logs of NYT reporters
In the last weeks of the Trump administration and continuing under President Biden, the Justice Department fought a secret legal battle to obtain the email logs of four New York Times…