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Calls for diversity on campuses and in Main Street businesses and banning hate speech, even that protected by the First Amendment, are no longer issues to fight over for college students.

A pro-Trump group on Reddit was banned Monday after the website changed its policies on hate speech. The group had over 790,000 members.

Barack Obama told a group of Democratic donors in Silicon Valley they should not be pushing for

The new progressive agenda is simple: Dismantle key elements of the Constitution in order to serve their own purposes. At the Daily Kos convention, the Netroots Nation Conference, at a panel titled "Racism and the Struggle for Civil Rights," speak

Conservatives have long complained about seemingly arbitrary suspensions of their accounts — most of which come with no explanation or meaningful ability to appeal. Most recently, the Twitter account for the pro-life movie Unplanned was suspended ju

The declaration by free speech social network Gab that the firm was still allowed on Square's bitcoin-friendly Cash App after being banned on other platforms may have been premature. This emerged after the social media platform that is occasionally re

Free speech social network Gab was blacklisted by its web host, Joyent, and by Big Tech payment processors PayPal and Stripe, Saturday, prompting the social network to announce the possibility of it going offline for several weeks.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) this week upheld a conviction against an Austrian woman who called the Islamic prophet Muhammed a pedophile.

As the country celebrates Free Speech Week, I'm left wondering: Will students on college campuses will be able to exercise their First Amendment rights to the fullest extent? The basic idea of free speech is not only freedom to express yourself, but t

When government officials suppress critics, they do so only to help themselves. J.D. Tuccille writes: The folks from the government are here to protect

The First Amendment to the Constitution does not impose, as some believe, 'a wall of separation between church and state.' That phrase comes...

Yes, but what's their definition of "hate speech"?

Account of prominent blogger who has documented human rights abuses for a decade shut down for unspecified reasons

The leader and deputy of a far-right British political party's Twitter accounts are frozen.

The unelected executive arm of the European Union (EU) is threatening to escalate from “non-legislative” action if Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube do not censor what it considers “illegal” online speech within 24 hours.

Lawyer, author, and legend behind DangerAndPlay.com Mike Cernovich joins therebel to discuss the state of free speech in the US -- the topic of his new film, "Silenced: Our War On Free Speech."