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SCOTUS to MAGA: Your Social Media Conspiracy Dreams Are Bunk

WOMP WOMP

The Intellectual Dark Web’s twisted “Twitter Files” fantasy has ended with a thud.

Jay Michaelson | Published Jun 26, 2024

SCOTUS Swats Down GOP-Led Social Media ‘Censorship’ Fight

NOPE

The government has every right to ask tech giants to remove posts containing misinformation, the justices said.

Allison Quinn | Published Jun 26, 2024
opinion

Elon Musk Is in the ‘Please Clap’ Stage of His Megalomania

LET THAT SINK IN

The X boss is begging you still to care about the once-influential social media app he very quickly made worthless.

Anthony L. Fisher | Published Apr 01, 2024

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Instagram Auto-Limits Political Content, Outraging Users

RED PILL, BLUE PILL

The platform took users by surprise as it never directly notified account-holders of the change.

Amanda Yen | Published Mar 22, 2024
opinion

TikTok Is Bad. Banning It Would Be Much Worse.

PANIC LAWS

A U.S. government ban on the social media app is authoritarian and unconstitutional.

Brad Polumbo | Published Mar 22, 2024
opinion

West Virginia Republicans Want to Throw Librarians in Jail

BOOKSHELF TO PRISON

The Mountain State’s House overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make schools, libraries, and museums criminally liable if books have too much sexy stuff in them.

Michael Ian Black | Published Feb 21, 2024
opinion

Silencing of Pro-Palestinian Voices Proves Israel Is Losing

UNFREE SPEECH

As Israel’s U.S-backed war on Gaza continues, advocating for the Palestinian cause can cost you your job in America.

Danya Zituni | Published Dec 20, 2023
opinion

Why I’m Fighting Back Against Florida’s State Censorship

FREE THE FREE STATE

I’m leading PEN America’s new office in my home state of Florida—which has sadly become the U.S.’s leading opponent of free expression.

Katie Blankenship | Published Nov 27, 2023
opinion

Elon Musk’s Feelings Led Him to Censor Legal Speech on X

FREE SPEECH TOURIST

However you feel about certain pro-Palestinian slogans that Musk banned, they are legal speech and not direct incitements to violence.

Brad Polumbo | Published Nov 20, 2023

Scholastic Says It Will Stop Siloing Diverse Books at Fairs

TURNING THE PAGE

A new Scholastic policy, meant to protect schools from censorship laws, was criticized as caving to book-banners’ demands.

Kelly Weill | Published Oct 25, 2023

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