Tag: censorship
Why is Banning an App a Bad Idea?
April 28, 2021 | Video
In 2020, former President Trump expressed his wish to ban the app “Tiktok,” arguing that it constituted a violation of the privacy of millions of Americans.
We talked to Will Duffield, from the CATO Institute, and James Carafano, from the Heritage Institute, to understand the multiple points of view on this issue.
Was Tiktok providing the data from millions of Americans to the Chinese government? Is banning Tiktok a viable solution? How would other countries react to this intervention?
#SocialMedia #Censorship #Tiktok
Anonymity and doxing in the 1787 ratification debates
March 7, 2017 | Post
The American founding generation had this crazy idea that ideas mattered more than who espoused them.
What’s Controversial Today May be a Classic Tomorrow
August 13, 2016 | Post
Feminists begin to turn on their own when some deviate from the feminist party line. Professor Laura Kipnis details her experience with campus censors in this Learn Liberty video.
College Professor Writes “Sexual Paranoia” Essay, Is Put Under Title IX Investigation
August 6, 2016 | Post
Northwestern University—like many universities around the country—recently banned consensual relations between faculty and students. In response to this decision, Northwestern Professor Laura Kipnis wrote an ironic essay highlighting all the professors married to former students on the campus and at other campuses around the country. In the Learn Liberty video below, Professor Kipnis discusses the […]
One Novel’s Perfect Analogy Shows Exactly What Happens When We Try to Censor Human Thought
June 18, 2016 | Post
Today in this country, we pretty much take it for granted that we’re free to worship any god we want…or no god at all. But as you’re probably aware, that is a relatively new concept in human history. And in many parts of the world, this freedom still does not exist. What you might not […]
J.K. Rowling: Trump’s Freedom to Speak Protects My Right to Call Him a Bigot
June 4, 2016 | Post
Disagreeing with what someone has to say but defending his or her right to say it is the foundational defense of free speech. English writer Evelyn Beatrice Hall sums it up well when she says: I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”] This view […]
What Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Means for Free Speech Today
April 29, 2016 | Post
OK, so let’s say the $h!t finally hits the fan. Imagine that whomever you think would be the worst possible president has just been elected. Further, imagine that he has made clear, “Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother,” or that anyone who didn’t cooperate with his plans would “pay a big price.” Would you […]
Free Speech and Censorship: No Swastikas for The Producers
March 24, 2016 | Post
Reason reported last week that a high school production of The Producers has been forbidden from using swastikas: The New York school district that oversees Tappan Zee High School considers the inclusion of a swastika to be offensive and, possibly, a hate crime—regardless of the context. “There is no context in a public high school […]
Open Inquiry Is Integral to the University Experience
October 15, 2015 | Post
Increasingly, the expectation of rigorous debate and discussion on controversial topics has diminished on college campuses across the nation. Students are now more content or even encouraged to coast through higher education without having to encounter beliefs or opinions that offend their preconceived notions about the world. Students are treating the college experience as less […]