Tag: free speech

Exclusive: Despite Bigger Issues, Southwest Airlines Still Fights Against Fired Pro-Life Worker

In the throes of a Christmas-time operational meltdown, Southwest Airlines filed for a new trial in a high-profile employee rights case—a decision that makes critics question the airline’s sense of priorities. The airline claims that a federal judge and jury erred when deciding in favor of a flight attendant, Charlene Carter. After being fired for using social…


Free Speech Under Threat from Police in Scotland, Says Index on Censorship

Freedom of expression is under threat in Scotland because the police are increasingly recording non-crimes as “hate incidents,” the watchdog Index on Censorship has warned. Guidance from the College of Policing, the professional body for officers in England and Wales, suggests officers should log a non-crime hate incident if it is “perceived to be” motivated by…


LIVE NOW: FBI Is Republican Lawmakers’ No. 1 Investigative Target

Republican lawmakers promise to rein in the FBI with major investigations of the bureau’s scorched-earth policy against U.S. citizens. From the raid on former President Donald Trump’s home to unlawful detentions of peaceful protestors, and from spying on school parents to censoring social media, senior federal law enforcement officials will be grilled by the representatives…


FBI Is Republican Lawmakers’ No. 1 Investigative Target

Republican lawmakers promise to rein in the FBI with major investigations of the bureau’s scorched-earth policy against U.S. citizens. From the raid on former President Donald Trump’s home to unlawful detentions of peaceful protestors, and from spying on school parents to censoring social media, senior federal law enforcement officials will be grilled by the representatives…


LIVE at 2PM ET: FBI Is Republican Lawmakers’ No. 1 Investigative Target

Republican lawmakers promise to rein in the FBI with major investigations of the bureau’s scorched-earth policy against U.S. citizens. From the raid on former President Donald Trump’s home to unlawful detentions of peaceful protestors, and from spying on school parents to censoring social media, senior federal law enforcement officials will be grilled by the representatives…


How an Occupied Twitter Ruined Countless Lives

Commentary From the beginning of the COVID panic, it felt that something was very wrong. Never had a pandemic, much less a seasonal pathogenic wave, been treated as a quasi-military emergency requiring the upending of all freedoms and rights. What made it more bizarre was how alone those of us who objected felt until very…


Can I Speak Freely? No You Can’t!

Has your university changed? Has it become a nasty place where an ideological monoculture is imposed through intimidation? If so, what can you do about it? Many people are creating alumni free speech groups. They band together with other graduates of their university to bring back a democratic culture of free speech. I have joined…


Fired Pro-Life Flight Attendant Calls Reinstatement the ‘Best Christmas Present’

After five years of court battles, Charlene Carter is thrilled that Southwest Airlines has taken steps to return her to work under a federal judge’s order—despite the airline’s earlier statement that it was planning to continue the fight. “Oh, it’s the best Christmas present in the world to receive, that you get to go back…


UK Newspaper Editors Say Proposed Code of Practice Undermines ‘Basis of Journalism’

The wide definition of personal data in the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO’s) proposed code of practice for journalists is unworkable and poses a “serious danger” to journalism, editors from three major British publications said. In a joint letter to the Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, three editors from The Daily Telegraph,…


Rival Literary Union Attracts Members After Society of Authors Accused of Neglecting Free Speech Rights

A new rival literary union is hoping to attract members from the UK’s Society of Authors, after the latter was criticised for not defending women authors who were attacked for being critical of gender ideology. Writers are reportedly leaving the Society of Authors (SoA) for a rival union after several years marked by authors getting…