The president of Nicholls State University recently said that hate speech is not free speech. Then the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education got involved.
From the FIRE blog:
Nicholls State president walks back claim that ‘free speech does not protect hate speech’ following FIRE letter
FIRE readers will remember that last week FIRE...
Naturally, some people on the left are outraged about this.
The College Fix reports:
Woke scolds outraged as UChicago professor cleared of wrongdoing for cr...
The school’s office of diversity and inclusion is assessing the case. What could go wrong?
Mass Live reports:
Westfield State University investigates ‘disturbing’ social media posts
An alleged social media exchange between students is being investigated at Westfield State University.
A message on the university’s Twitter site Thursday said the university “is assessing and addressing...
This professor is talking about curating a list of students who engage in ‘hate speech’ and dropping them from class. This is a public university.
FOX News reports:
LSU professor vows to ‘drop’ students on ‘hate speech’ list
A Louisiana professor called on her colleagues to keep a list of students who engage in...
Who gets to decide what qualifies as hate speech? I bet we can guess.
Campus Reform reports:
Editorial board at public university calls for ‘hate speech’ to be ‘barred’ on campus
Temple University’s student newspaper edi...
There is an effort underway to get me fired at Cornell Law School, where I’ve worked since November 2007, or if not fired, at least denounced publicly by the school.
Ever since I started Legal Insurrection in October 2008, it’s been an awkward relationship given the overwhelmingly liberal faculty and atmosphere. Living...
Professor Jonathan Turley wrote that GoFundMe canceling Candace Owens’ fundraiser for an Alabama cafe “could undermine the position” of the company “against the loss of immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.”
In doing this, isn’t Winthrop University essentially siding with the Chinese Communist Party? Wouldn’t they do the same thing?
The College Fix reports:
Winthrop University censors dean who used term ‘Wuhan virus’
In mid-May, an opinion column discussing the origins of the COVID-19 virus written by a Winthrop University dean was retracted by a...
Trump just signed an Executive Order regarding social media bias.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
This is an interesting look into how people self-censor.
Sean Stevens writes at the FIRE blog:
Spirals of silence: Expressing a minority political view on some campuses is difficult
Spiral of Silence Theory
The theory about a spiral of silence for minority opinions and viewpoints was first proposed in 1974 by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. This theory...
This is bad news because free speech on campus was already an ongoing issue before the pandemic.
The College Fix reports:
Campus officials may use COVID-19 as cover for restricting free speech, activists say
Colleges might use the coronavirus pandemic to excuse censorship against conservatives when students return to college campuses in the fall,...
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education got involved here and helped make the difference.
From the FIRE blog:
VICTORY: Chancellor affirms professor’s academic freedom after Arizona college panicked over test questions about Islamic terrorism
Scottsdale Community College’s mishandling of a professor’s academic freedom drew an apology from the district’s interim chancellor Monday, just...
The San Antonio City Council passed a resolution that designated the terms “Chinese Virus” and “Kung Fu Virus” as hate speech in response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
The Department of Education has issued new guidelines on Title IX which are designed to end disastrous practices like kangaroo courts on campus.
In recent years, people have watched in horror as the lives of many young people have been ruined by nothing more than an accusation.
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