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As the practice is debated in courts across the country, several states have started taking legislative action to challenge the use of lyrics.

News Analysis Helena Bonham Carter’s recent comments in defense of author J.K. Rowling and film star Johnny Depp, ...

News Analysis Recent controversies stoked by alleged efforts of leading tech platforms to ban or “de-platform” content on ...

“In his tweets, public remarks and policies at the businesses he runs, Musk shows little tolerance for speech that’s unflattering to him or his companies, or reflects employee criticism of the workplace.”

If Elon Musk is able to take over Twitter Inc, his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions – something he calls “essential to a functioning democracy”. But Musk, who is famously sensitive to criticism, has a mixed record on championing the cause.

The answer: it’s complicated.

It's unlikely anyone will knock Google off its perch, but there is space for alternatives, experts say

Published July 2, 2021 at 6:30 PM EDT Listen • 49:13 / On June 28, rescue workers dig through the rubble with the aid of a backhoe at the site of the collapsed condominium in Surfside. President Joe Biden was in Surfside Thursday to meet with families affected by the condo collapse, and the emergency workers who have been tirelessly searching for survivors. Biden said the federal government would pick up 100% of the costs during the first 30 days of the Champlain ...

8 hours ago by Mackenzie Guiry (WJCT) Play Audio Search and rescue personnel work alongside heavy machinery to sift through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of people remain missing almost a week after it partially collapsed, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) President Joe Biden arrived this week in Surfside, where he met with the first responders and families affected by the Champlain Towers collapse and pledged that t...

CJC Faculty Harrison Hove and Clay Calvert named Teacher and Teacher/Scholar of the Year Hove is the second CJC faculty member in a row to win Teacher of the Year; Calvert was the first CJC and UF Law faculty member to win Teacher/Scholar of the Year Graphic by Alexandra Brown Harrison Hove and Clay Calvert, J.D., Ph.D. — two faculty members within the College of Journalism and Communications — were named Teacher of the Year and Teacher/Scholar of the Year respec...