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All Tech Considered
Facebook's Online Speech Rules Keep Users On A Tight Leash
April 3, 2013 Social networks now hold tremendous power to regulate online speech. Their rules for allowable comments, art and video govern billions of posts worldwide each day. And while Twitter users enjoy a great deal of freedom, Facebook has relatively tight restrictions on what users can say and see.
All Tech Considered
On Its 7th Birthday, Is Twitter Still The 'Free Speech Party'?
March 21, 2013 The first tweet was posted seven years ago. Since then, the social media site has been used as a free speech platform to spread information, report on the Arab Spring and stay connected with millions worldwide. But critics say that as Twitter has grown, it has sometimes compromised its principles.
The Salt
Paleo Diet Blogger Sues State For Trying To Regulate His Advice
August 7, 2012 A blogger who claims he lost weight and lowered his blood sugar on the paleo diet files a First Amendment lawsuit after he's told he needs a license to give others diet advice and nutritional counseling.
The Two-Way
Supreme Court Throws Out FCC Fines Against Fox, ABC
June 21, 2012 The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 but issued a narrow decision about the vagueness and timing of the decency rules, not their First Amendment implications.
