Is 'Cancel Culture' Threatening Freedom of Speech?

Culture wars: It's the Right that is trying to cancel free speech

“An intolerant minority of politically motivated campaigners are trying to shut down debates and cancel the views of people they disagree with, ...

The Canceling of the American Mind | Book by Greg Lukianoff, Rikki ...

Most importantly it lays out steps that all of us can take to supplant Cancel Culture with Free Speech Culture. It should be a game-changer in the Culture Wars.

Free Speech - Alliance Defending Freedom

Censorship infringes on the right of every person to live and speak the truth. A robust marketplace of ideas is essential to determining good ideas from bad ...

A Tale of Two Arguments about Free Speech on Campus - AAUP

On this point, conservatives' contempt for big government and social engineering overlaps with their aversion to what they claim is intolerant campus discourse.

'Cancel culture' doesn't stifle debate, but it does challenge the old ...

In response to this trend, a new generation has risen that prioritises accountability over free speech. To those whose liberal ideals are ...

Cancel Culture Isn't the Real Threat to Academic Freedom

Regarding racist speech and critiques of racist speech as equal in a “marketplace of ideas” is not being neutral; it is perpetuating racism. Too ...

The Decline of Freedom of Expression and Social Vulnerability in ...

3.3. Will show the threads of freedom of expression today, analyzing the vulnerable effects of the cancel culture; and Sect. 3.4. Will show, as ...

First Amendment and Censorship | ALA - American Library Association

Only that expression that is shown to belong to a few narrow categories of speech is not protected by the First Amendment. The categories of unprotected speech ...

Free Speech Week to address cancel culture, academic freedom ...

“The debates over banning hate speech, threats to campus free speech and academic freedom and whether cancel culture is a good or bad thing are ...

Sometimes 'Cancel Culture' *Is* A Free Speech Issue - Robert Sharp

So if we want to talk about 'cancel culture' we should remember that there are greater threats to freedom of expression, and dial down our panic ...

No, Cancel Culture Isn't a Threat to Civilization - Bloomberg

A cacophony of new voices are just making it harder for famous and powerful people to blather on about all sorts of things without interruption.

The First Amendment | General Counsel | West Virginia University

What is “free speech”? The First Amendment protects nearly all forms of speech from government regulation, with only a few limited exceptions.

Extreme Inequality Is a Threat to Free Speech

Protest has never been a threat to speech — it is free speech. What we've learned is that the real threat is inequality. Consider this spring's ...

Fayetteville professor: Book bans and cancel culture are both in the ...

But to look at cancel culture and book bans through the lens of history is to see that only one of them actually threatens free speech. Book ...

Speech on Campus | American Civil Liberties Union

Speech that deeply offends our morality or is hostile to our way of life warrants the same constitutional protection as other speech because the ...

Free speech, “Cancel culture” and the “War on woke” | 25

Concerns that freedom of speech is being eroded by cancel culture seem pervasive. News media, cultural commentators and political figures appear to be at ...

Free Speech: What IS Cancel Culture? - CAFE

And we've talked about this before when we've talked about bullying too, right? That if you feel that there's a threat inherent in standing up ...

The New Threat to Free Speech by Chris Patten - Project Syndicate

The challenge facing democratic governments today is to apply Burke's dictum to the digital age, reining in the most harmful aspects of emerging ...

Bari Weiss: Free Speech and Cancel Culture Webinar

These attempts at "cancellation" are not merely fair-minded criticism. Rather, they involve efforts to punish those with heterodox views by ...

Don't Equate Anti-Cancel Culture With Promoting Free Speech

Those most concerned about people feeling too shamed and shunned to speak show little curiosity about what holds people back from speaking ...