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Hate Crime Hoaxes and How Colleges Handle Them
My latest article in The Daily Caller talks about this past spring’s rash of incidents of hateful expression at Oberlin College in Ohio—at least some of which turned out to be hoaxes committed by students who wanted to “troll” the campus. Such hoaxes have been a recurring problem on campuses. In my article, I explain that in addition to alarming campus community members, these incidents are often seized upon as an excuse to clamp down on protected speech.
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VICTORY: University of Wyoming administrators reject student government’s proposal to slash media funding
Administrators at the University of Wyoming will cut student media funding after an earlier proposed cut flagrantly violated the First Amendment.
20 Michigan towns with unconstitutional public comment policies that could cost them
The FIREtoday urged 20 Michigan cities and towns to reform public comment policies that unconstitutionally censor their citizens.
Media outlets must not cave to Trump’s lawfare
What happens to press freedom when the President can bully media outlets he doesn’t like into paying big money to end his meritless lawsuits?