I imagine the way this will work is fairly simple. If it’s a speaker the left doesn’t like, the new rule will apply.
The College Fix reports:
Harvard refuses to explain the meanings of any terms in its new ‘moderator’ policy
Harvard University announced a new set of guidelines for student groups hosting “controversial”...
The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that its member states can order Facebook to remove ‘illegal’ or ‘defamatory’ posts and comments worldwide. Any content found objectionable by a national court belonging to the 28-member bloc can be deleted from the world’s largest social network, the European Court of Justice...
This shift didn’t happen by accident. This generation has been taught these values.
Christian Headlines reports:
College Students Want Inclusive Society over Freedom of Speech, Poll Finds
A recent poll found that nearly half of...
The Connecticut Federation of College Republicans held a press conference on Thursday, during which they claimed conservative students are being singled out on Connecticut campuses over their political views.
Free speech is under attack on German university campuses, the leading association of Germany’s professors and lecturers warned. A small minority of left-wing activists has succeeded in stifling freedom of expression in universities, German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV) said on Friday.
This issue has been driven largely by the left’s efforts to silence conservative speech by labeling it as hate speech.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Free Speech Laws Mushroom in Wake of Campus Protests
Free speech advocates were enraged when Middlebury College students in 2017 drowned out a planned talk by the author Charles Murray,...
What does this tell you about who benefits from the suppression of free speech?
Campus Reform reports:
University of Texas eliminates free speech zones…and leftist students are not happy
The University of Texas has eliminated its...
We need a lot more people like this to get involved in higher education.
The College Fix reports:
Constitutional law scholar runs for Yale trustee to protect...
Aw, how sweet. The University of Texas in Austin will change its policies in most of its public spaces to comply with a new law on free speech. From The Daily Texan Online:
In an email sent to the student body Friday afternoon, UT President Gregory Fenves said Senate Bill 18 will...
Sometimes someone writes something that you wish you yourself had written.
A few weeks ago I had just put the finishing touches on my new novel, Nevergreen, a “high-spirited, richly imagined” campus satire that is both “smart and hilarious” (IMHO), when I learned that debut novelist Scott Johnston was a week away...
The organization Speech First started a social media campaign to encourage students to record and share how their university handles speech.
From Campus Reform:
The organization is encouraging students who see attempts to censor viewpoints on campus to snap a picture of the situation or policy, post it to Instagram with the hashtag...
This is the right thing to do and smart politics. Republicans everywhere should be doing this.
The College Fix reports:
Wisconsin Republicans to reintroduce campus free speech bill
Republic...
German authorities have investigated hundreds of internet users over comments they made on a Facebook video posted by the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The massive probe, spanning over 250 investigations, was launched in response to the live streaming of a migrant protest by the Bavarian-wing of the AfD party...
South Dakota has become a leading state on this issue. Others should follow their example.
Campus Reform reports:
EXCLUSIVE: SD Board of Regents passes substantial free speech protections
The South Dakota Board of Regents approved modifications to a group of policies at a Wednesday and Thursday meeting that substantially protects free speech on campus...
This is a win for all students at the school, not just conservatives.
From the YAF blog:
University Of Florida To Correct Speech Code, Pay Young Americans For Freedom Students $66,000
Conservative students at the University of Florida will no longer be discriminated against on the basis of their conservative beliefs by their university....
In recent years, a number of states have passed laws to protect free speech on campus, but this organization of professors opposes that. Isn’t that telling?
The College Fix reports:
Nationwide faculty group comes out against new campus free speech laws
In the past few years more than a half-dozen states have passed laws...
This has been an ongoing problem for years and it only seems to be getting worse.
The Washington Examiner reports:
Study: Majority of college students feel campus climate prevents free...
