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The FCC is slapping Sinclair Broadcast Group with a $13.4 million fine for running news stories on a cancer foundation but failing to disclose that the foundation was paying for them to air. More »
[1.] When the government opens up its own property to certain kinds of private speech or speakers, the law treats this program as a so-called “limited public forum,” or sometimes a “nonpublic forum.” One classic example is when a university provides funds to a wide range of student newspapers, see Rosenberger v. Rector (1995). Another is when a city sells advertising on city buses, see Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights (1974). In either a limited public forum or a nonpublic forum, the government may restrict the cont More »
No, says the New Jersey Supreme Court in an opinion that sharply limits the state criminal harassment statute. More »
Singer Bruno Mars is being sued by a photographer after he posted a childhood photo of himself on social media More »
Photographers in the United States are now one step closer toward seeing a copyright small claims system for pursuing infringements on a smaller scale. A new bipartisan House bill has introduced the CASE Act, which stands for the “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2017.” More »
A Montana State University professor is suing the world’s largest retailer for libel after, he says, an employee at the Bozeman store listed the occupation on the professor’s fishing license More »
The National Enquirer claimed actor Charlie Sheen raped the late actor Corey Haim when Haim was 13 years old and Sheen was 19. Now Sheen is suing the tabloid.
Source: Charlie Sheen suing National Enquirer over Corey Haim sex claims – iMediaEthics More »
“Silence breakers” are Time magazine’s “person of the year.” But naming names carries some risk More »
Islam, Christianity and Judaism are often accused of wanting to restrict free speech. Dominic Burbidge suggests a radically different perspective, from inside the thought-system of the Abrahamic faiths.
Source: Free speech as seen by a believer in an Abrahamic religion | Free Speech Debate More »
