Violent and hateful rhetoric on the anonymous online message board 4chan rose dramatically following Hamas’s attacks on Israel last weekend, and again during Israel’s counteroffensive in the Gaza ...

What exactly is free speech and what is hate speech? This debate takes on new life today as political violence and polarizing events continue to pour gasoline on an out of control fire. We have ...

In April, Charlie Kirk and his conservative youth organization Turning Point spent about $5,000—chump change for their $80 million operation—on a familiar product for them: another round of Facebook ...

“There comes a time when free speech can cause real-life harm and that’s when social media platforms need to react,” said former Danish PM and current chair of Meta’s Oversight Board, Helle ...

In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assissination, a fierce First Amendment debate over the concept of hate speech has taken center stage across the nation. Conservative lawmakers and ...

Legislating around hate speech has never been straightforward, but the Bondi attack has shifted the debate. Labor’s new laws ...

Strenthened federal hate speech laws that the government held up as evidence it acted on antisemitism have been used four times since February, with it now conceding they do not go far enough.

What is the federal offense of “hate speech”? It’s a good question because there is no such offense. That didn’t stop U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi from threatening to use the authority of her ...

Supporters of Palestine hold a protest in Boise in May. Two protesters were charged with malicious harassment after a confrontation with a Jewish man on July 4 downtown. Sarah A. Miller ...