NPR CEO who previously called First Amendment a 'challenge' to receive 'First Amendment Award'

NPR CEO Katherine Maher will receive Harper's Magazine First Amendment Award despite once calling the amendment a "challenge" to fighting disinformation.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

The First: Free Speech At The Crossroads

The evolution, modern challenges, and vital significance of the First Amendment and free expression. The First: Free Speech at the Crossroads is a documentary exploring the history and continuing ...
Mediaite on MSNOpinion

NPR president Katherine Maher awarded a 1st Amendment prize — despite her hostile history towards the 1st Amendment

It seems National Public Radio is intent on being the torch bearer of inflamed journalism. An announcement came out that the ...
NewsOne

Hate Speech: Explaining The History Of The First Amendment

Because of what happened yesterday with the Jimmy Kimmel show, let’s shine a light on hate speech and the history of the first amendment right. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is ...
Jurist

Madison’s Lost First Amendment: The Mission Statement that Never Was

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...
American Enterprise Institute

Judge McFadden’s First Amendment Ruling Against the White House: Infusing Modern Speech Doctrines with History and Tradition

I recently addressed today’s debate over the Press Clause’s meaning 234 years after the First Amendment’s ratification. The rift involves whether the clause is “a technology-specific provision” that ...
CNN

Trump tests the First Amendment: A timeline

Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” But since then, he has tested the limits of the First Amendment time and ...
Ars Technica

First Amendment doesn’t just protect human speech, chatbot maker argues

Pushing to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its chatbots caused a teen’s suicide, Character Technologies is arguing that chatbot outputs should be considered “pure speech” deserving of the highest ...
Reason

Book Review (by Prof. Jacob Mchangama): "Fearless Speech" Doesn't Take First Amendment History Seriously

A review of Prof. Mary Anne Franks' new book, Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment (plus a response by Prof. Franks to Prof. Mchangama's Tweeted criticisms, and a reply by Prof.
Poynter

Most Americans can’t name their First Amendment rights. A new course wants to change that.

Americans can now take over a dozen free, online courses hosted by Arizona State University to learn more about their First Amendment rights, thanks to a new partnership between two nonprofits. The ...
Aclu.org

What the First Amendment Really Protects

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...