4 posts tagged ‘Free Speech’
Watch sheriff's deputies arrest Ohio county commissioner Niki Frenchko who criticized sheriff
Boing Boing,
Ohio's Trumbull County commissioner Niki Frenchko was arrested in the middle of a public meeting in July 2022 when she criticized the sheriff. In a video (watch below), you can see Frenchko sitting at the dais speaking, when a deputy walks up behind her and says, "Miss Frenchko, please stand up." — Read the rest The post Watch sheriff's deputies arrest Ohio county commissioner Niki Frenchko who criticized sheriff appeared first on Boing Boing.
Elon admits ads ran against Nazi content, threatens to sue watchdog site that wrote about it
Elon Musk threatened to sue Media Matters yesterday over its article about brand advertising running against Nazi material on the site. In his threat, Musk admitted exactly what the site had been accused of, a fact Media Matters wasted no time pointing out in its response. — Read the rest
Supreme Court rules Florida can't enforce drag ban for now
Florida will have to wait to enforce its ban on drag shows thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, which stayed the state from implementing the law until its appeal against a lower court ruling is heard. Last month, a panel of the 11th U.S. — Read the rest
Journalistic Independence Isn’t a Human-Resources Exercise
The New Yorker,
A free and independent press is vital to preserve, but doing so requires the people running media companies to take that idea out of mothballs.