The authors review a recent court decision relating to a Colorado statute impacting social media sites. Protecting children and teens from the potential dangers of excessive screen time has been ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...

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 ...

Arizona's Republican legislative leaders slammed the Maricopa County attorney's arguments that a First Amendment protection law violates the state constitution. In a court filing, Senate President ...

The First Amendment Watch is a project sponsored by the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. The stated mission of the Watch is to document threats to the freedoms of speech, ...

Judge Robert Pitman opined that it likely violated the First Amendment: “The Act is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door.” As my colleague ...

Kumar said the law violates First Amendment rights, parental autonomy and is government overreach. “I have two kids there's a difference between me setting parental controls on their devices, looking ...

This story has been updated with more details from court record. He won an award for what people said is hate speech. He said it was free speech. Preston Damsky, a former UF law student, came under ...

WASHINGTON — American presidents have long tested the bounds of First Amendment protections. From John Adams enforcing the Sedition Act that criminalized critical speech, to Woodrow Wilson suppressing ...

Sen. Kim Hammer (R-Benton), who is running for Secretary of State in 2026, was the lead sponsor of several bills in 2025 designed to limit or end direct democracy in Arkansas. In 2025, Arkansas ...