Tag: Free Speech
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Get the FCC out of broadcast content
People and governments love regulation when they’re in power and hate it when they’re not. During Biden’s administration, conservative voices on broadcast TV, cable, and streaming platforms faced intense pressure, with many fearing job loss for expressing their views. How many people were “canceled” for questioning the government’s COVID-19 policies? Most of these cases didn’t…
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Trump’s deportation attempt of Khalil may not be an overstep after all
On March 10, I wrote about how Trump’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil might be overreach. Punishing someone for speech is not allowed in this country… on most occasions. I knew Khalil was a green card holder and assumed he had the same free speech rights as citizens. I didn’t know he agreed to and…
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Trump may have just stepped over the totalitarian line
The First Amendment isn’t a suggestion. Why do so many people in power think it is? I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about ICE agents raiding an apartment near Columbia University, arresting Mahmoud Khalil, and starting the process of revoking his green card. His supposed crime is pro-Palestinian activism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Americanism.…
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Happy Independence Day!
Here’s a few lines from what should be a new Independence Day anthem. “It’s Independence DayWhat kinda chips do you doThere’s a variety, cheddar cheese sour creamBut when you vote ya gotta pick from two” “It’s Independence DayAnd I’m glad for itI’m thankful I can saywhat I want to sayAnd not be killed by the…
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The FBI is harassing citizens regarding their social media posts
A woman in Stillwater, Oklahoma was confronted and harassed by the FBI over posts she made on Facebook in support of Palestine. The Agent’s refused to identify themselves on camera. They would not show their badges or ID to the woman while she recorded them. Instead they said they already showed their credentials when they…
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Is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson arguing the government has the right to censor speech?
Glen Greenwald tweeted a couple clips from the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court surrounding the federal government’s active suppression of speech on social media companies like Facebook and Twitter. Justice Brown Jackson seems to argue the federal government should be allowed to pressure platforms to restrict speech it does not like. She uses national…