“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” became a flashpoint about free speech in the country after it was temporarily suspended this year.
Category: Freedom of Speech and Expression
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App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It
The developer of ICEBlock, which notifies users of ICE agent sightings, said Attorney General Pam Bondi censored his free speech.
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Comedian Vir Das Fights Back After Official Rebukes in India
The comedian Vir Das, who has gained international fame despite intense criticism in his native India, has taken up boxing. He says it’s “good prep for adversity.”
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Indiana University Lifts Ban on Printing News in College Newspaper
The university faced fierce criticism after it fired the director of student media and said that news coverage could be published only online.
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Disney+ Cancellations Jump After Kimmel Suspension
Roughly three million Americans canceled the streaming service in the month that it temporarily suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show. About 4.1 million people canceled Disney-owned Hulu.
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OpenAI Blocks Videos of Martin Luther King Jr. After Racist Depictions
People have used its Sora video app to create vulgar and sometimes racist depictions of the civil rights leader.
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Indiana University Fires Adviser to Student Newspaper and Bars Print Publication
The administration at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the paper and barred the publication from putting out a print edition.
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The N.B.A. Returns to China After Six Years
The N.B.A, returns to China this week, after a hiatus sparked by a controversial 2019 tweet. In Macau, New York Times business reporter Tania Ganguli reveals the behind-the-scenes stakeholders who orchestrated the league’s return.
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Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival
Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia.
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Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group
The actress joined Spike Lee, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal and others in reviving the Committee for the First Amendment, a group that her father, Henry Fonda, was a member of in the 1940s.