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Rhetorical Studies

Rhetorical Studies

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Supreme Court to consider giving First Amendment protections to social media posts

The Supreme Court will hear five cases this term that will examine the nature of online discussion spaces run by social media platforms.

Supreme Court to consider giving First Amendment protections to social media posts
Education|Opinion

Why university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment

University codes of conduct support their mission to educate. But it’s not easy to balance those codes with the values of free speech, as the resignation of a prominent university president shows.

Why university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment
Education|Opinion|Uncategorized|US

Columbia president holds her own under congressional grilling over campus antisemitism that felled the leaders of Harvard and Penn

A rhetoric scholar says Columbia University President Nemat Shafik fared much better than her predecessors at a hearing about how her school was handling antisemitism on campus.

Columbia president holds her own under congressional grilling over campus antisemitism that felled the leaders of Harvard and Penn
Business|News|Technology|US

Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation

Florida and Texas sought to prevent social media companies from deciding which posts can be promoted, demoted or blocked. The Supreme Court said the tech companies can moderate as they please.

Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation
Opinion|Political|US

Despite Donald Trump’s claims, his gag order holds up against the Constitution

While the First Amendment protects a wide range of different kinds of speech, there is no fundamental right to cause harm.

Despite Donald Trump’s claims, his gag order holds up against the Constitution

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