• Free speech for how much longer?

    US President Franklin D Roosevelt, in 1941, pronounced the four fundamental freedoms necessary for life: freedom of speech, freedom to…What to read next: Australia’s global advocacy for the suppression of free speech | Are they criminalising hate speech, or valid criticism of gender politics? | On trade we need more Alexander Hamilton and less Hawke/Keating/Howard | Cognitive warfare: how the West is losing its youth

  • Reader's View: Americans should do their own fact-checking

    Biden ignores the law, and millions of immigrants enter our country and are not caught or deported.

  • FACT CHECK: Jinggoy not expelled from Senate

    The video bearing the false claim circulated amid the Senate panel’s investigation linking President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to illegal drugs

  • Threads gets its own fact-checking program

    This might come as a shock to you but the things people put on social media aren't always truthful — really blew your mind there, right? Due to this, it can be challenging for people to know what's real without context or expertise in a specific area. That's part of why many platforms use a fact-checking team to keep an eye (often more so look like they're keeping an eye) on what's getting shared. Now, Threads is getting its own fact-checking program, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram and de-facto...

  • Instagram's Threads Launches Its Own Fact-Checking Tool

    Instagram's Threads announces a proprietary fact-checking tool to combat misinformation, addressing concerns over false content ahead of major elections.

  • Threads finally starts its own fact-checking program

    Meta’s newest social network, Threads is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook’s network for a few months. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted that the company “recently” rolled out the ability for fact-checkers to rate and mark false content on Threads. However, Mosseri didn’t share any details about when exactly the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Why are free speech defenders not helping campus protesters?

    The principle of robust and open debate does not seem to apply when it comes to demonstrations about Gaza. University chiefs are terrified—but they mu

  • Assange fights US extradition with free-speech argument

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s lawyers have told London’s High Court that he should not be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret US documents because he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the court on Monday before what could be […]

  • The worldwide drive to clamp down on free speech is doomed to backfire

    The House of Representatives voted to make the anti-Israel slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” illegal at colleges.

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    Mass. doctor fact checks gut health trends

    Stop the bloat, heal your gut — but does any of that work? We take some of the top gut health products to an expert.

  • Free Car Seat Check Taking Place in Ashville Today

    The Chautauqua Safety Village and Ardent Solutions are sponsoring a free car seat check today in Ashville. The car seat check will take place 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. today at the Ashville Fire Department located at 5338 Stow Road. Certified technicians will inspect and install seats during that time. According to the U.S. Department […]

  • Australian Federal Judge Weighs in Favor of Free Speech with This Move

    An Australian federal judge has swooped in to defend free speech by siding with Elon Musk in the tech billionaire’s latest spat with Australia’s Ministry of Truth. On May 13, Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett blocked the application for the extension of an injunction issued by Australia’s e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant. The injunction ordered X to censor a video depicting an Australian Bishop being stabbed while delivering Mass in Sydney. It is expected that the Justice will...