Ep. 232: We answer your free speech questions
from So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
by FIRE
Published: Wed Dec 18 2024
Show Notes
FIRE staffers take your questions on the TikTok ban, mandatory DEI statements, the Kids Online Safety Act, Trump vs. the media, and more.
Joining us:
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Ari Cohn, lead counsel for tech policy
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Robert Shibley, special counsel for campus advocacy
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Will Creeley, legal director
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Timestamps:
Intro
TikTok ban
Ari's work as tech policy lead counsel
Mandatory DEI statements at universities
How does FIRE address forced speech?
Texas' age verification law
Would government social media bans for minors be a First Amendment violation?
Online age verification
First Amendment violations while making public comments during city council/school board public meetings
:Edison, New Jersey city council case
FIRE's role in educating Americans
If social media addiction cannot be dealt with like drugs, how can it be dealt with?
"Pessimists Archive" Substack and moral panics
Trump and the media
Gary Gadwa case
How to distinguish the freedom of speech versus freedom from social consequences?
Free speech culture is a "mushy concept"
ABC settlement with Trump
Nico's upcoming book!
FIRE and K-12 education
Outro
Show notes:
"TikTok Inc. and ByteDance LTD. v. Merrick B. Garland, in his official capacity as attorney general of the United States" (D.C. 2024)
"Opinion: The TikTok court case has staggering implications for free speech in America" L.A. Times (2024)
H.B. No. 1181 (Tex. 2023;Texas age-verification law)
"The Anxious Generation" Jonathan Haidt (2024)
S. 1409- Kids Online Safety Act (2023-2024)
American Amusement MacH. Ass'n v. Kendrick (Ind. 2000)
"Edison Township, New Jersey: Town Council bans props, including the U.S. flag and Constitution, at council meetings" FIRE (2024)
"LAWSUIT: Arizona mom sues city after arrest for criticizing government lawyer's pay" FIRE (2024)
"Trump v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc." (2024)
"New Jersey slaps down censorship with anti-SLAPP legislation" FIRE (2023)
"FIRE defends Idaho conservation officer sued for criticizing wealthy ranch owner's airstrip permit" FIRE (2023)
"On Liberty" John Stuart Mill (1859)
"Home Depot cashier fired over Facebook comment about Trump shooting" Newsweek (2024)
"Free speech culture, Elon Musk, and Twitter" FIRE (2022)
"Questions ABC News should answer following the $16 million Trump settlement" Columbia Journalism Review (2024)
"Appellants' opening brief — B.A., et al. v. Tri County Area Schools, et al." FIRE (2024)