Free Speech | Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion - Part 27
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Free Speech Tag

The University of Texas at Austin has changed its free speech policies in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the free speech advocacy group Speech First. The changes have the full support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and represent a big win for free expression.

A student journalist at Frostburg State University in Maryland has written some stories which are critical of the school's COVID-19 policies. Then something bizarre happened. She reattached a note to a staff member's door after finding it on the floor and was subsequently told she was being investigated for harassment.

Philip Carl Salzman is a retired Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at McGill University in Canada. He has become the target of a cancel culture mob for the crime of criticizing social justice, rape culture, Black Lives Matter, and other aspects of the academic left which are considered beyond reproach. Students want Salzman stripped of his emeritus status and are demanding a review of the university's policy on academic freedom.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called for a boycott of French goods over the country's response to a school teacher's beheading in Paris.

"Never give credit to French-labelled goods, don't buy them," he said in a televised speech. "I am calling to all my citizens from here to never help French brands or buy them."