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Free speech, open-source algorithms -- and an edit button: The world's richest person will soon help steer the social media platform where he has a huge following. Elon Musk, the [...]

The same information revolution that brought us Netflix, podcasts and the knowledge of the world in our smartphone-gripping hands has also undermined American democracy. There can be no doubt that [...]

The executives, who have now testified several times in recent years, will most likely face some new questions about how they handled the election. WASHINGTON -- Mark Zuckerberg, the chief [...]

The conservative justice's pointed remarks, which he made in a speech to the Federalist Society, reflected thoughts he has expressed in his opinions. WASHINGTON -- In an unusually caustic and [...]

The president and his allies have often accused Twitter and Facebook of bias against conservatives, and had resisted taking action until this week, when Twitter fact-checked his own false statements. [...]

BEIJING -- She was once one of China's most feared journalists, roaming the country uncovering stories about police brutality, wrongful convictions and environmental disasters. But these days, Zhang Wenmin struggles [...]

There is a battle raging for the soul of America's universities. One side, on the left, seeks to limit the range of acceptable speech to a curated set of ''safe'' [...]

The right-wing media is obsessed with the supposed stifling of ''free speech'' on college campuses, but it seems to care only about protecting speech it likes. When progressives make provocative [...]

A bit of silver lining at the onset of the Trump administration has been the groundswell of activism by hundreds of thousands of Americans taking to the streets to face [...]

SOMETHING is very wrong with the way we fund our elections. This has become especially clear since Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that struck down campaign spending limits [...]

ON Monday, the Supreme Court will consider its first campaign-finance challenge since Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 ruling that permits corporations and unions to spend as much [...]

In two consolidated cases on Monday, the Supreme Court will hear argument about an Arizona law that levels the playing field in state elections, by a public financing mechanism called [...]

BEIJING -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday criticized a new Obama administration policy on Internet freedom, saying it was an attempt to meddle in the internal affairs of other [...]

So now we know that Christine O'Donnell, the Republican candidate for senator in Delaware, isn't a constitutional scholar. On Tuesday, during a debate, Ms. O'Donnell asked her opponent, Chris Coons, [...]

Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in [...]

There is no better way to get a blogger talking than by telling him what he cannot publish -- although you might forgive a government prosecutor for thinking otherwise. A […]

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether private citizens are entitled to go to court to challenge activities of the White House office in charge of the Bush administration's […]

President Bush has described today's Iraq as a 'young democracy.' He even boasted at one point that the advance of democratic institutions in Iraq is 'setting an example' that others […]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular professors from Iranian universities, the IRNA news agency reported. 'Today, students have the right to strongly criticize their […]

'THIS is my sweetheart,' said Ahmed Fouad Negm as he gently kissed the dried head of a dead tortoise, patted its shell and tenderly put it away. Mr. Negm was […]

Now looms a wolfish assault in sheep's clothing: the Online Freedom of Speech Act, which House Republican leaders are suddenly planning to put to a vote on Wednesday so politicians […]

For many China watchers, the holding of a National People's Congress beginning this weekend is an ideal occasion for gleaning the inner workings of this country's closed political system. For […]

Walking toward an Internet cafe in this balmy Mediterranean capital, Siham Bensedrine, a journalist and human rights advocate, quietly points out the secret police agent regularly assigned to watch her […]

When Senate elections rolled around last fall in the small southern Czech village of Rakvice, the 32-year old parish priest, the Rev. Vojtech Vlastimil Protivinsky, warned his parishioners against voting […]

A federal appeals court ordered the repeal today of two long-established rules that had required radio and television stations to provide free reply time for opponents of political candidates endorsed […]

The increasing likelihood that a 73-year-old former prime minister will go to prison for remarks in a political speech six years ago is sending a chill through Turkey's political elite […]

If the Senate truly respected the Constitution it is sworn to uphold, it would not be trifling with the Bill of Rights and its precious guarantee of freedom of speech. […]