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#AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #HigherEducation
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Red-state speech laws pose an existential threat to academic freedom
In 2022, Florida's Stop WOKE Act sharply restricted classroom discussion of race and gender. In defending the law, state officials argued that there is no "purported right to academic freedom," that university curricula and instruction are "government speech," and that by regulating it, the state "has simply chosen to regulate its own speech.
#Antisemitism #FreeSpeech #HumanRights
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Why WI Gov. Evers should veto this definition of antisemitism
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Wisconsin's Legislature, like other states and federal bodies, has just adopted International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) working definition on antisemitism.
#Pride #FreeSpeech #DiversityAndInclusion
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'Feels like we've gone back in time.' Pride flags were removed from Boston University offices. Professors are alarmed. - The Boston Globe
Nathan Phillips, a physiological ecology professor, entered his office overlooking Commonwealth Avenue on Monday to find his Pride flag folded up on his chair.
#ArtificialIntelligence #FreeSpeech #NationalPolicy
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White House unveils its first federal AI framework, pushes Congress to act 'this year'
EXCLUSIVE: The White House on Friday unveiled its first federal policy framework for artificial intelligence -- a legislative outline to establish a "consistent" national standard for AI development across the nation that prevents censorship and protects free speech and children, Fox News Digital has learned.
#Discrimination #FreeSpeech #Antisemitism
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UC Berkeley won't ban Zionist speakers, will pay $1 million to settle antisemitism suit
The case is among several at UCs stemming from pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protests since October 2023.
UC Berkeley on Thursday said it would revise campus nondiscrimination policies, prohibit student organization bylaws from banning Zionist speakers and pay $1 million in legal fees to settle a lawsuit by two Jewish groups over alleged antisemitic incidents following protests in response to the Hamas-Israel war in 2023.
#ReligiousLiberty #FreeSpeech #PoliticalControversy
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Trump religious liberty commissioner says Israel views got her fired
A member of President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission said she was fired for her statements about Israel and for not sufficiently backing the president, allegations that prompted a Republican House member to request a congressional investigation.
#FreeSpeech #CancelCulture #PoliticalDebate
www.nytimes.com
Middle Tennessee State University Dean Laura Sosh-Lightsy Fired For Charlie Kirk Comments
After the conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September, Laura Sosh-Lightsy fired off a late-night post on Facebook: "Looks like ol' Charlie spoke his fate into existence.
#FreeSpeech #Criticism #CivilRights
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Tyrannical Miami Mayor sends police round to woman's home to confront her over Facebook post criticizing him
Some people are just incapable of handling criticism as seems to be the case with Miami Mayor Steven Meiner who allegedly had police sent round to a woman's house after she made a Facebook post criticizing him.
