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UK Online Safety Act Creates Friction in US Trade Talks

The UK's Online Safety Act, enacted in 2023, requires online platforms to remove or age-restrict harmful content, impacting 100,000 services; this stricter regulation is causing friction in UK-US trade negotiations due to US concerns about free speech.

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Lawmakers Denounce Detention of Pro-Palestinian Students as "National Disgrace

US Representatives and Senators denounced the detention of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, two students detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Louisiana for over a month due to their pro-Palestinian activism, as a "national disgrace," citing unsanitary conditions and denial o...

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Texas Bills Threaten to Weaken Anti-SLAPP Law, Chilling Free Speech

Texas lawmakers are considering bills that would weaken the state's anti-SLAPP law, potentially chilling free speech by making it easier for powerful interests to silence critics through costly lawsuits; the bills would change the mandatory awarding of attorney's fees to discretionary, and would eli...

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Jewish Groups Clash Over Trump Administration's Antisemitism Response

A public letter from ten major Jewish groups condemned the Trump administration's response to antisemitism, while the CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America privately criticized it for not representing the community's diversity of views, highlighting internal divisions over how to address th...

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Palin's Defamation Retrial Highlights Free Speech Concerns

Sarah Palin's defamation retrial against the New York Times began in Manhattan on Monday, focusing on procedural errors from the 2022 trial where she lost, and the question of whether the Times acted with actual malice in a 2017 editorial incorrectly linking Palin to a mass shooting.

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Harvard Defies Trump, Risks \$2.2 Billion in Funding

The Trump administration threatened to withhold \$2.2 billion in funding from Harvard University unless it implemented specific reforms to address antisemitism and enhance viewpoint diversity; Harvard refused, sparking a widespread debate about government oversight of universities and free speech.

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Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Dismantling Voice of America

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America (VOA) and other federally funded news outlets, citing the action as "arbitrary and capricious" and in violation of federal law, after over 1000 employees were suspended on March 15th.

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Jury Rules in Favor of New York Times in Palin Defamation Case

A New York jury found The New York Times not liable for defamation in Sarah Palin's lawsuit stemming from a 2017 editorial that contained an error about her political action committee and the 2011 Arizona shooting; the Times quickly corrected the error, but Palin claimed reputational harm.

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ICE Denies Detained Activist's Request for Release to Attend Child's Birth

Immigration authorities denied Mahmoud Khalil's request for temporary release from a Louisiana detention center to attend the birth of his son in New York, despite his lawyers' offer of monitoring; the decision has sparked controversy over the balance between immigration enforcement and human rights...

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Texas Bills Threaten to Weaken Anti-SLAPP Law, Chilling Free Speech

Texas lawmakers are considering bills that would weaken the state's anti-SLAPP law, the 2011 Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), potentially chilling free speech by making it easier for powerful interests to silence critics through costly lawsuits; the bills would alter attorney's fees and elim...

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Trump Administration Demands Decade of Harvard Foreign Funding Records

The Trump administration requested ten years of Harvard's foreign funding records, citing incomplete disclosures, escalating its crackdown on universities over pro-Palestinian protests and other culture war issues, threatening funding and tax-exempt status; Harvard denies wrongdoing.

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DoJ Issues New Social Media Restrictions for Employees

The Department of Justice implemented a new social media policy prohibiting employees from posting work-related content, raising concerns about free speech restrictions and potential legal challenges due to vaguely defined parameters.

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