Free speech

The billionaire’s arguments turn the liberal ideal of a “free market in ideas” on its head

TIKTOK on Sunday (Apr 21) repeated its free-speech concerns about a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in the US if Chinese owner ByteDance did not...

The Hong Kong government lost its bid to wipe a controversial protest song from its internet, a rare victory for free speech in the city that could bolster faith in the finance hub’s rule of law. 

President Joe Biden was about midway through a speech of about 7,218-words on Tuesday when a Republican lawmaker tried to shut him down with a single one: “Liar!”

GREG BENSINGER

Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter might run into a major hurdle: the European Union (EU).

[MADRID] A Spanish court on Friday partially accepted Google's appeal against a ruling ordering it to erase news articles about a psychologist accused of sexual abuse, but said the search engine must ...

[MELBOURNE] Foreign diplomats in Australia should respect the right to free speech and peaceful protest, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said, following tension between pro-Hong Kong and pro-Beijing pro...

[WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on Silicon Valley giants on Thursday with a call for "regulatory and legislative solutions" to what he described as unfair treatment of conser...