Real-world events like elections and protests can lead to spikes in online hate speech on mainstream and fringe platforms alike, a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE found, with hate ...

The Bill of Rights is printed in Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump's "God Bless the USA" Bible in Washington on Oct. 8, 2024. AP The most consequential issue on the ballot ...

A group of students at Nashua High School South marched around the grounds during school hours Wednesday, April 5, 2023 chanting, “No more silence, end gun Violence.” The 1969 Supreme Court decision ...

In the course of a few short decades, the Internet has become integral to significant swaths of human experience. It has radically altered modes of interpersonal engagement, democratized access to ...

Congress on Wednesday will examine a little-known law that has made the internet the space for self-expression and connection that it is today. The law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ...

That tweet and three others––one expressed his desire to “throw a lot of gasoline in [the] direction” of protestors shown in a video holding lighters while unsuccessfully attempting to burn an ...

The following essay is excerpted from Michael Knowles' new book, Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds, published June 22 by Regnery. Contrary to the claims of many conservatives, political ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Fred L. Smith Jr. Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Much of the debate over online speech concerns whether or not ...

According to the Biden administration, federal officials who urged social media companies to suppress "misinformation" about COVID-19 and other subjects were merely asking platforms like Facebook and ...

Prominent Democrats have advocated for increased regulation of speech, particularly online. CBS News has faced criticism for suggesting that free speech contributed to the Holocaust and for praising ...

Last year’s pro-Palestinian protests were the continuation of a long history of political activism on college campuses, which, in my lifetime, included free speech demonstrations at UC Berkeley and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — We try to raise our kids to be good people - to love and accept others and not bully. However, experts say parents would be shocked by how much hate speech our kids encounter on a daily ...