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Tag Archives: Free Speech

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Weiland Ross: If free expression of ideas is no longer tolerated, we have no choice but to be afraid

Perhaps the most potentially dangerous abuse came last week when a legislator requested the attorney general if it was possible to subpoena the bus company that drove 51 Vermonters to Washington to attend the pro-Trump rally on Jan. 6 to supply the names of those who went.

4 days ago January 19, 2021 in Commentary.
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Op-Ed: FCC Section 230, a shield for censoring free speech

For the past four years, Section 230 transmuted from a harbor for free speech into a gift for big tech companies to circumvent the first amendment, and censor “free speech” for political gain.

5 days ago January 18, 2021 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons/Donkey Hotey

Ocasio-Cortez says Congress must ‘rein in’ media environment

“We’re going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so that you can’t just spew disinformation and misinformation,” she said.

6 days ago January 17, 2021 in U.S..
Wikimedia Commons/Jason Carswell

Video: Dems, corporate giants launch massive political attack on American conservatives

Democrats and corporate giants have begun purging conservatives and Republicans from the digital public square. The following videos offer a look at the new left-wing agenda for America, which includes denying Americans and small businesses access to social media, internet communications, banking, payment processing and employment.

2 weeks ago January 12, 2021 in Videos.
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Opinion: The Purge has begun. Where it stops, nobody knows.

In the weeks since the November presidential election, numerous liberals, leftists, and other opponents of President Donald Trump have called for a purge of him and his supporters from public life. Just days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20, those purges have begun in earnest.

2 weeks ago January 11, 2021 in Commentary.
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Ron Paul says Facebook blocked him from managing his profile

“With no explanation other than ‘repeatedly going against our community standards,’ @Facebook has blocked me from managing my page,” Paul tweeted. “Never have we received notice of violating community standards in the past and nowhere is the offending post identified.”

2 weeks ago January 11, 2021 in U.S..
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Twitter using Capitol riot incident to conduct mass purge of conservative followers, accounts

“It’s clear that Twitter is wiping out conservative accounts,” Daily Wire writer Matt Walsh tweeted. “That’s why your follower counts are going down. This is the biggest purge we’ve seen, and not the last.” A Twitter spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation Friday that Twitter has been suspending accounts.

2 weeks ago January 10, 2021 in U.S..
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Free speech alert: Twitter permanently bans President Trump

That avenue for airing his thoughts, grievances and political edicts appears to be closed for good after the social media platform announced Friday evening that it was closing down his account permanently. The move follows Facebook’s announcement earlier Friday that Trump’s account on that platform would remain suspended.

2 weeks ago January 10, 2021 in U.S..
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Parler CEO John Matze: ‘Amazon will be shutting off all of our servers’

“This was a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the market place. We were too successful too fast. You can expect the war on competition and free speech to continue.”

2 weeks ago January 10, 2021 in Press Release, Videos.
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Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling suspends state trooper Lucas Hall for off-duty social media post

Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling has issued a statement regarding his decision to suspend Sgt. Lucas Hall of the Vermont State Police for reportedly expressing support of the Jan. 6 Trump rally in Washington, D.C.

January 7, 2021 in Press Release.

‘If you’re not saying something, you’re saying something’ – using the bullhorn of freedom of the press

The press is a powerful public good. It must be protected from government suppression. So let me talk about attempted government suppression of freedom of the press in Vermont. 

December 23, 2020 in Commentary.

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