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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Says She Stands By Will Smith’s 2022 Oscars Slap

Her defense reframes the 2022 incident as protective, questioning whether broad free-speech arguments should excuse speech that causes harm.

ACLU Seeks FCC Records Over Order for Early ABC Station License Renewals

Nashville Bookstore Cancels Alyssa Rosenheck Launch After Online Anti‑Zionist Pressure

Washington Post Opinion Editor Adam O'Neal to Leave on Aug. 31

DOJ Reviews Fort Worth Police After Officers Told Preachers They Could Be Ticketed for ‘Offensive’ Speech

Court Blocks Trump Administration Visa Policy Targeting Foreign Content Moderation Workers

Ex-Facebook Policy Chief Sues Meta to Overturn Arbitration Gag Order

Ricky Gervais Announces Netflix-Backed 'Legend' Tour After Testing Extreme New Material

CBS News Hires Trevor Phillips as Senior Global Affairs Correspondent

Leaked GMFRS Email Says Reform‑Supporting Firefighters Were ‘Spoken To’

Meta Provides Extra Funding to Oversight Board to Secure Operations Through 2028

Polis Commutes Tina Peters' Sentence and Faces Censure From Colorado Democrats

X Caps Free Accounts at 50 Posts a Day as New Limits Take Effect

High Court Quashes Record OfS Fine Against Sussex, Citing Legal Error and Bias

ACLU Sues National Park Service Over Demand to Remove Anti-Trump Protest Signs on National Mall

FOI Emails Show Chinese Censorship Shaped V&A Catalogues

Bengaluru Court Blocks Some YouTube Videos as Motorola Sues Platforms and Creators

Russia Announces New Push to Cut VPN Use and Curb Foreign Platforms

Tech Researchers Sue U.S. Over Visa Policy Targeting Anti-Disinformation Work

Piers Morgan Escalates Feud With Ben Shapiro Over Israel Coverage