The United Supreme Court has difficulty with new technology. The court ruled in Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Comm’n of Ohio (1915) that motion pictures were unprotected speech because “the ...

A judge is “not prepared” to say companion chatbots should receive First Amendment protection. A judge is “not prepared” to say companion chatbots should receive First Amendment protection. is a ...

The most important free speech question of the decade may not be about social media. It may be about chatbots. As generative AI reshapes how people communicate, courts and legislators must confront ...

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like "God Hates the U.S./Thank God for 9/11," ...

A few months ago, the First Amendment Foundation agreed to partner with the University of Florida Levin College of Law to help launch a First Amendment Law Laboratory—designed to expose students to ...

On the eighth episode of the ‘Seattle News Weekly’ podcast, Bill Wixey hosted Seattle University’s Dr. Caitlin Carlson who explained the scope and limits of the First Amendment, including which kinds ...

September 2024 provided a microcosm of the phenomenon, especially for laws pivoting on age verification and restricting minors’ access to online content. On September 10, a federal court blocked ...

The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights establishes rights to speech, religion, press, and assembly. Monday night in Austin and Dallas, police broke up protests in the streets over the federal ...