Fact Check: Tim Walz Misstates Free Speech Test Under the Constitution
Walz was wrong, and Vance noted that people weren’t being censored for shouting “fire,” but rather “for saying that toddlers shouldn’t wear masks.”

Walz was wrong, and Vance noted that people weren’t being censored for shouting “fire,” but rather “for saying that toddlers shouldn’t wear masks.”
The social media platform X (formerly Twitter) must pay a fine of ten million Brazilian reais (roughly $1.84 million) to restore its services in Brazil, Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes announced over the weekend.
The Biden administration’s “climate envoy” John Kerry took heat recently for his comments about the First Amendment at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
“The real weapon against tyranny is free speech,” actor, comedian, and author Rob Schneider said in an interview on Breitbart News Saturday.
Joeylynn Mesaros, a Texas mom who has been the target of lawfare from the Biden-Harris administration, celebrated her legal victory.
Elon Musk presented Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award on Monday on behalf of the Atlantic Council.
Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book in 2023.
The Irish government has abandoned plans to implement controversial new hate speech laws following widespread backlash from free speech advocates.
Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in 2022 that there is “no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech.”
A 27-year-old man named Chu Kai-pong pled guilty to “sedition” in a Hong Kong court Monday because he wore a t-shirt with a protest slogan.
Leading leftist politicians in Britain have argued that new restrictions need to be enacted against social media platforms.
Argentine President Javier Milei criticized Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and Brazilian socialist Lula da Silva at the Madrid Forum.
Harvard University ranks last in the nation among colleges and universities for free speech — for the second year in a row.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says his government’s crusade against Elon Musk and X should be an example to the world.
Labour Party government in Britain is reportedly considering plans to encourage police forces to once again record so-called “non-crime hate incidents” en masse.
Alexander Vindman issued X owner Elon Musk a warning following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, saying he “should be nervous.”
A leading EU parliamentarian warned Elon Musk that X could be shut down entirely in the bloc over “disinformation and hate speech”.
A Christian woman has been awarded £13,000 from police after she was arrested twice for silently praying outside an abortion clinic.
Wayne O’Rourke has been sentenced to three years in prison for “stirring up racial hatred” during the recent anti-migration riots.
A British man has been jailed for “stirring up hatred” at a non-violent anti-migration protest, during which he allegedly mocked Muslims.
British Police chiefs have revealed that over 1,000 people have been arrested in the wake of the recent anti-mass migration riots.
The EU distanced itself from censorship threats made by Brussels’ speech code arbiter over Elon Musk’s interview with former President Donald Trump.
The EU demanded Monday that X owner Elon Musk abide by its speech restrictions during his planned uncensored interview with Donald Trump.
Nigel Farage has warned that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer represents the “biggest threat to free speech” in the history of the UK.
“Make my day,” was Elon Musk’s response to reports that ex-Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf was considering a lawsuit against him.
Legacy media outlets have blamed Elon Musk and social media for the anti-migration riots and called for more censorship in Britain.
A full-on ‘Twitter beef’ has erupted between X owner and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, and the leftist British government.
Tommy Robinson reportedly fled the UK ahead of a court hearing and after allegedly being arrested under “anti-terror” legislation.
Anti-grooming gang activist Tommy Robinson has been arrested under anti-terrorism legislation, his supporters claimed on Sunday.
Harvard University is being criticized for the preliminary recommendations of its antisemitism task force, which were released Monday alongside recommendations from a task force on Anti-Muslim bias, creating what critics call a “false equivalence.”
English political activist Tommy Robinson was arrested in Canada after delivering an address in Calgary on the importance of free speech.
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer said that if elected, his government would take a hardline approach in policing “Islamophobia”.
A North Carolina teen was suspended from school for using the term “illegal alien” in a classroom discussion, a transgression likened to “saying the n-word” by an administrator.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker did not show any regret on Friday for his commencement speech that made leftists’ heads explode.
A California Catholic middle school student was “completely humiliated” by his principal forbidding him from delivering his speech on patriotism before calling the cops on his father for confronting her.
A number of prominent Catholics, including the local bishop, have come out in support of Kansas City Chiefs star kicker Harrison Butker, who has been vilified for his overtly Catholic commencement address at Benedictine College.
The Global Disinformation Index was criticised by The Times for fake neutrality while enforcing censorship based on ideological lines.
This is the “whirlwind” Schumer sought to unleash against the Supreme Court, and against conservatives in particular.
Just 0.6 per cent of hate crime reports made since the introduction of draconian speech codes in Scotland have been found to be legitimate.
London’s Metropolitan Police arrested an Iranian activist again on Wednesday for carrying a sign saying that Hamas are “terrorists”.