Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced the introduction of laws to protect freedom of speech on the internet, while denouncing Big Tech for stifling free speech on social media platforms. The action follows the banning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s accounts by the social media companies Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Morawiecki wrote on Facebook on Jan….
Dennis Prager: Capitol Siege Was ‘Vile’ but Left’s Suppression of Free Speech Is Worse
Radio talk show host and columnist Dennis Prager said in an interview with The Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders program Tuesday that, while last week’s violent siege of the U.S. Capitol was “vile” and “disgusting” and worthy of condemnation, the ongoing suppression of free speech in America by the left poses a bigger threat. Prager was responding…
Regulate Social Media Like Public Utilities
Commentary Democracy took a big blow when Twitter shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts and Google and Amazon ousted Parler, a site favored by millions of conservatives. Big Tech, which is run by the left, is robbing Americans of their right to communicate freely and exchange ideas. The nation’s founders worried that the government would…
The ‘Good American’
Commentary In my last column, I described how I have come to better understand the moral problem of the “‘good German,’ the term used to describe the average, presumably decent German, who did nothing to hurt Jews but also did nothing to help them and did nothing to undermine the Nazi regime.” Watching America accept…
National Press Club Decries Violence Against Reporters During US Capitol Breach
Leading organizations for members of the press are calling for criminal investigations against individuals who threatened or attacked journalists during protests at the U.S. Capitol. Presidents of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute said in a statement late Monday that numerous reporters who were inside the Capitol building or covering the events…
Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Case Over High School Cheerleader’s Snapchat
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a long-running First Amendment case that may decide whether public schools have the authority to discipline students for their off-campus, online speech. The case in question stems from a 2017 incident in which a Pennsylvania high school student, identified as B.L., posted a profanity-loaded message on the…
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