Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News

“While certain hypocritical governors are banning books written by L.G.B.T.Q. authors, but then claiming censorship when the media fact-checks them, we are showing the nation what it really looks like to stand up for liberty.” — Gov. J.B. Pritzker

The new documentary “features the stories of several journalists who were assaulted or arrested while reporting at protests and explores the conflict and tension experienced on the frontlines, the changing role of the press, and the hardening of attitudes among the police toward journalists.”

First Amendment Watch and the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University have partnered to create an in-depth video guide focused on the rights of those who wish to photograph or record video in public places.

On April 18, Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit stemming from allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

“Money is accountability,” Stephen Shackelford, a Dominion lawyer, said outside the courthouse, “and we got that today from Fox.”

“As the history traced in Barbas’ invaluable book reminds us, the protections of Times v. Sullivan are more important than ever.” — Laura Handman and Eric Feder

We live in a time when artificial intelligence like AI chatbots are claiming more and more of the cognitive landscape of our daily lives.