Showing posts with label speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label speech. Show all posts
Friday, November 21, 2025

Viewpoint diversity on swastikas and vaccines: one close call and one further descent

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The canary was revived after being found gasping for breath in the coal mine... The Washington Post reports this morning: In reversal , Coas...
Saturday, May 4, 2024

Free speech and universities

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 At Stanford, recent event are helping us remember that our speech policy is the First Amendment. That hasn't always been front of mind ...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Blasphemy in Pakistan

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 How to strengthen a ban that already allows the death penalty for repugnant speech?  The NYT has the story: Pakistan Strengthens Already Ha...
Friday, January 20, 2023

Repugnant and deleted blog posts: AI and the Justice Stewart test

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  As someone who sometimes writes and speaks about repugnant transactions and controversial markets , I'm aware that people may object n...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Cops and comedy: repugnant speech

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 The Guardian has a story about comedians who have been accused or charged with violating laws because of their acts. Recent cases involve j...
Monday, February 8, 2021

Repugnant speech: the NYT and the "N word"

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  NPR has the story: Two Prominent 'New York Times' Journalists Depart Over Past Behavior   by David Folkenflik    February 6 "...
Friday, January 22, 2021

Mike Luca on social media bans

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  Mike Luca writes, in Wired, about social media bans as part of their design. Social Media Bans Are Really, Actually, Shockingly Common--B...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Censoring repugnant words by algorithm

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  Some people like to say things that other people think they shouldn't say.  In the age of the internet, politeness can be (somewhat) a...
Thursday, July 4, 2019

FUCT up, censorship down in Supreme Court trademark decision

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 The WSJ has the story: Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Immoral or Scandalous Trademarks The decision is a win for California clothing...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Offensive trademarks

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Can repugnant speech also be intellectual property? The Supreme Court has a case that touches on this. The NY Times has this recent story: ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The marketplace for ideas: Academic Freedom and Anti-Semitism (and calls to boycott Israel)

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In January, Larry Summers gave a speech at the Center for Law and Liberty at Columbia University Law School, titled  Academic Freedom and A...