TikTok Asks the Supreme Court for an Emergency Order to Block a US Ban Unless It’s Sold

Lawyers for the company and China-based ByteDance urged the justices to step in before the law’s Jan. 19 deadline.

ABC Agrees To Give $15 Million to Trump’s Presidential Library to Settle Defamation Suit

As part of the settlement, ABC News posted an editor’s note to its website expressing regret over Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos’ statements.

An Evening with Stephen Solomon, Author of Revolutionary Dissent, at The Ferguson Library

NYU Professor and First Amendment Watch editor Stephen Solomon told the story of the protests and controversies that led to the First Amendment.

DOJ Ignored Some Policies When Seizing Reporters’ Phone Records, Watchdog Finds

The new watchdog report was released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected.

California To Consider Requiring Mental Health Warnings on Social Media Sites

The legislation is necessary to bolster safety for children online, supporters say, but industry officials vow to fight the measure and others like it under the First Amendment.

Judge Rejects Sale of Infowars to The Onion in Dispute Over Bankruptcy Auction

The decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez of Houston to not approve the sale means Jones can stay at his Infowars headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Law Requiring Sale or Ban of TikTok in the US

TikTok and ByteDance — another plaintiff in the lawsuit — are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court, though its unclear whether the court will take up the case.

Connecticut Court Upholds $965 Million Verdict Against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook

The court cited the “traumatic threats and harassment” the families endured “stemming from the lies ... that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.”