In Europe, Speech Is an Alienable Right
A human-rights court upheld an Austrian woman’s conviction for disparaging the Prophet Muhammad.
The Speech Wars
The fight over free expression
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A Lawsuit Tests the Limits of Anonymous Speech
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The Trump Campaign Says Exploiting Hacked Emails Is Free Speech
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Free Speech Will Survive This Moment
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A Battle Over Abortion and Free Speech
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case over California’s regulation of “crisis pregnancy centers,” which try to talk their clients out of ending their pregnancies.