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Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Meta Replaces Fact-Checking With X-Style Community Notes

The company said it plans to allow “more speech” by lifting some restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discussion such as immigration and gender.

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Judge Largely Blocks Tennessee’s Porn Site Age Verification Law as Other States Enforce Theirs

The judge ruled the law would likely suppress the First Amendment free speech rights of adults without actually preventing children from accessing harmful material.

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Outside of the Fulton County Jail following the indictment of former U.S. President Trump

Rudy Giuliani Is in Contempt of Court in $148 Million Defamation Case

The ruling is a result of failing to properly respond to requests for information following a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers.

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks during an event to tout the new Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati

Ohio Governor Vetoes Medical Free Speech Clause He Says Would Gut Regulatory Power

Gov. DeWine said in a veto message that the medical oversight language added to a the bill could have had “devastating and deadly consequences for patient health.”

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TikTok Creators Left in Limbo While Awaiting Decision on Potential Platform Ban

At the heart of the case is whether the law violates the First Amendment with TikTok and its creator allies arguing that it does.

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Washington Post staff walk a picket line at the start of a 24-hour strike amid prolonged contract talks outside The Washington Post building in Washington

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Paper Rejects Sketch of Bezos Bowing to Trump

She said she’s never before had a cartoon rejected because of its inherent messaging and that such a move is dangerous for a free press.

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E. Jean Carroll walks outside Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City

Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Award in Sex Abuse Verdict Against Trump

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E. Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Ban So He Can Weigh In After He Takes Office

The filings come ahead of oral arguments on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech.

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