Tag archive: free speech rights

Recent social media news in the Middle East involves the arrest of two bloggers as well as one human rights activist in Saudi Arabia. The arrests follow new stricter free speech laws issued by King Abdullah bin Abd al-'Aziz on April 29. Fadhil Makki al-Manasif, the human rights activist, was arrested on May 1 for participating in demonstrations against the government. Al-Manasif also documented cases of human rights violations. More than… Read More

Scrawling epithets into a bathroom stall in high school still might get kids a good old-fashioned suspension, but doing it on Facebook is protected speech, according to a new ruling. A judge in Florida recently cleared the way for a former high school student to sue her school principal after she was suspended for a making a Facebook group mocking a teacher. Katherine Evans, now 19, started the “Ms. Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I've… Read More

WhenU.com Inc. claims the law that took effect last month is “arbitrary and Draconian” and violates its free-speech rights. WhenU lawyers told 3rd District Judge Joseph Fratto Jr. on Thursday that regulation of advertising on the Internet is a matter of interstate commerce subject to federal, not state, jurisdiction. Interrupting an online transaction to direct activities to a competing business “is the activity… Read More