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News Articles: free speech

A series from NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em> will explore who felt censored before President Trump returned to office and who feels stifled now.

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  • National

Freedom of speech is shifting under the Trump administration. We're exploring how

Many Americans worry freedom of speech is fading, while others feel empowered to say what they want. NPR's Morning Edition explores this dynamic in a new series, The State of the First Amendment.

April 07, 2025
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  • Leila Fadel,
  • Arezou Rezvani,
  • and 2 more

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  • National

Do you feel you can exercise your right to free speech? NPR wants to hear from you

NPR wants to know who is feeling more and less free to exercise their free speech rights in this moment. Have you found yourself letting loose more under President Trump or are you holding back?

March 20, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
A stock photo of a microphone against a blurred background

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  • Politics

Can candidates lie & get away with it? See if First Amendment rules vary for GA elections

Like it or not, free speech includes protection for most lies and false statements, and there is no broad exception for dishonesty. As the election mud-slinging grows increasingly vile the closer Nov. 5 draws, First Amendment issues arise, of which there are few exceptions.

September 11, 2024
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By:
  • Sundi Rose
TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months.

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  • Technology

Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment

The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Rep. Park Cannon is confronted by a state trooper in the Capitol rotunda in February 2021, a separate incident from her arrest the following month. The Georgia Supreme Court is set to decide on a case over Georgians’ right to demonstrate inside the Capitol.

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  • Politics

Georgia lawmakers who protested at the Capitol ask state Supreme Court to toss law used in arrest

The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in the case of two Democratic elected officials arrested while protesting at the state Capitol. Lawyers representing Congresswoman Nikema Williams and Atlanta state Rep. Park Cannon said the laws used to arrest them are vague, overbroad and violate their free speech rights under the state constitution.

May 16, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Posters of some of those kidnapped by Hamas in Israel are displayed on a pole in Manhattan.

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  • National

Most doxxing campaigns only last a few days. But the effects can be felt for months

Doxxing campaigns have been used to "name and shame" people who have expressed opinions about the Israel-Hamas war.

April 11, 2024
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By:
  • Mansee Khurana
Columbia University closed campus to the public ahead of pro-Israel and pro-Gaza rallies on Thursday.

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  • Education

U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?

The conflict has heightened tensions on U.S. campuses. What is the role and responsibility of colleges right now?

October 14, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Elissa Nadworny
Visitors stand near screens displaying the Meta logo in Berlin on June 6. Under a U.S. judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing content that might contain "protected free speech."

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  • Law

U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here's what it means

Under a judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech."

July 05, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley and
  • Shannon Bond
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza stands in a cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The highest duty of a citizen

NPR's Scott Simon draws parallels between Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian dissident and journalist who was sentenced to 25 years in prison this week, and other courageous figures in history.

April 22, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks after the primary election for the midterms during the "Keep Florida Free Tour" at Pepin's Hospitality Centre in Tampa, Florida, U.S., August 24, 2022. Photo by Octavio Jones/REUTERS

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Growing distrust and political problems for the press

Thursday on Political Rewind: Fox News hosts spread election conspiracies they knew were false. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to overturn laws that shield journalists from lawsuits. In Georgia, reporters battle the state's open record process. Our panel speaks on the problems facing the press.

March 02, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
NPR and <em>The New York Times</em> have asked a Delaware judge to consider unsealing hundreds of documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

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  • Business

NPR and 'New York Times' ask judge to unseal documents in Fox defamation case

NPR and The New York Times are seeking to convince a Delaware court to unseal documents to see whether Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems over claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

January 26, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is about to seal the deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion.

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  • Technology

From Tesla to SpaceX, what Elon Musk touches turns to gold. Twitter may be different

Elon Musk brought a sink into Twitter headquarters on Wednesday, in anticipation of owning the social media company by the end of the week.

October 27, 2022
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By:
  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp laughs with state Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller and others as he signs education bills on Thursday, April 28, 2022 in Cumming, Ga. Kemp has been using a post-session bill signing tour to enhance his position in the May 24 Republican primary for governor against former U.S. Sen. David Perdue and others.

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  • News

New Georgia laws aim at schools; some laws already in effect

Most new laws traditionally take effect in Georgia on July 1. But this year, many of the most important measures became law as soon as Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed them. Top measures beginning Friday include a raft of conservative-inspired school legislation, and an increase in lawmaker pensions.

June 30, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Man protesting near campus of Georgia State University in Atlants

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  • Politics

House bill to extend ‘free speech’ areas campus-wide spurs First Amendment debate

A bill filed last year by Fayetteville Republican Josh Bonner to open up campuses to free speech is getting a new push in the Gold Dome.

January 27, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
A woman talks to police during a demonstration against the imprisonment of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél in Madrid. Clashes between police and protestors have gone on for three days and have led to dozens of arrests and injuries.

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  • Europe

Protests Continue In Spain Against Jailing Of Rapper Over Tweets

For the third day, protesters in Spain's major cities hit the streets calling for the release of Pablo Hasél, who was arrested for tweets critical of the monarchy and supporting Basque separatists.

February 19, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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