MENU
ABOUT US
MAKE A DONATION
Login
SEARCH
CLOSE
Help Center
subscribe
newsletter
Newsstands
Epoch Shop
Gift
Editor’s Picks
SPECIAL SERIES
Special Coverage
LATEST ARTICLES
US
US News
US Features
Politics
Crime and Incidents
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Opinion
Thinking About China
Viewpoints
Unbridled Evil: The Corrupt Reign of Jiang Zemin in China
The Reader’s Turn
America Essay Contest
China
China-US News
Chinese Regime
Business & Economy
Chinese Culture
China Human Rights
China Society
Organ Harvesting in China
World
Africa
Americas
Asia & Pacific
Canada
Europe
UK
Australia
International
Middle East
Business
Companies
Economies
Markets
Real Estate
ARTS & CULTURE
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
Performing Arts
Literature
Traditional Culture
Shen Yun Special Coverage
Film Reviews
Science
News
Space
Environment
Tech
Tech News
Tech Products & Reviews
Social Media
Sports
Video
American Thought Leaders
China Insider
Crossroads
Life & Tradition
Inspired
Family & Home
People
Food & Dining
Travel
Entertainment
Film & TV
Entertainment News
Mind & Body
News
Aging
Fitness & Nutrition
Treatments and Techniques
Chinese Medicine
Mindset
Search Text
SEARCH
Epoch Video
US
Politics
China
World
Opinion
Business
Science
Life
Mind & Body
Arts
Premium
Games
Livestream
More
freedom of speech
Without Public Debate, Democracy Crumbles
Commentary It sometimes feels as though our democracy is broken, and I wonder if it is our own fault. We have the right to know what our government does on ...
March 20, 2021
BY
Diane Dimond
New Laws to Strengthen Freedom of Speech at Australian Universities
Parliament has passed new laws to strengthen freedom of speech protections at Australian universities. The Higher Education Support ...
March 17, 2021
BY
Rebecca Zhu
Ontario Superior Court Strikes Down Election Law Restricting Free Speech
An Ontario judge has declared as unconstitutional a section of Canada’s election law designed to prohibit certain kinds of “false ...
March 17, 2021
BY
Isaac Teo
The Culture Curators Want to Think for You
Commentary Sandor Mecs was a child when his family lived in the town of Szentendre, Hungary. Today, it's ...
March 16, 2021
BY
Salena Zito
Hate Speech Laws Take Away Freedom of Speech: Arthur Milikh
Arthur Milikh, executive director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life, told The Epoch ...
February 25, 2021
BY
Li Hai
and
Jan Jekielek
Violence Flares as Protests Over Jailing of Spanish Rapper Extend Into Fifth Night
BARCELONA—Protesters threw bottles at police, set fire to containers, and smashed up shops in Barcelona on Saturday in ...
February 21, 2021
BY
Reuters
Poland Proposes $13.5 Million Fines for Tech Giants Engaging in Ideological Censorship
New laws proposed by Poland could implement massive fines for tech giants who censor users or remove posts for ideological reasons, ...
February 19, 2021
BY
Katabella Roberts
Freedom of Speech Versus Identity Politics
Commentary Much evidence suggests that freedom of speech may be banned in the coming years under the guise ...
February 17, 2021
BY
Arthur Milikh
Parler’s New Web Host: Doesn’t Condone All Posts, but Supports Freedom of Speech
The company that helped get Parler back up and running says it may not agree with all the ...
February 16, 2021
BY
Zachary Stieber
and
Jan Jekielek
Democrats Seek to Make Big Tech More Accountable in Section 230 Reform Bill
Democrat lawmakers have introduced a bill to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, seeking to make big ...
February 6, 2021
BY
Tom Ozimek
House Impeachment Brief Against Trump Threatens Freedom of Speech of All Americans: Dershowitz
Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Thursday that the House impeachment brief against former President Donald ...
February 4, 2021
BY
Tom Ozimek
Bill to Regulate Internet Should Sustain Traditional Media, Avoid Infringing on Free Speech, Committee Hears
The federal government must find a balance between its attempt to regulate foreign digital giants and public concerns ...
February 1, 2021
BY
Andrew Chen
Our Tech Minders and the Future of Public Discourse
Commentary Both Apple and Google have deplatformed Parler, a social media app widely used as an alternative channel ...
January 28, 2021
BY
Ed Morse
Freedom of Speech Slipping Away
Commentary As the new Biden-Harris administration assumes power, the most basic American freedom of speech and expression is ...
January 20, 2021
BY
Star Parker
Why the Left Has to Suppress Free Speech
Commentary Let us begin with this fact: The left always suppresses speech. Since Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik ...
January 19, 2021
BY
Dennis Prager
Online Censorship Cancels the Right of Free Speech
Commentary There's an astonishing trend afoot, and if something isn’t done to stop it in its ugly tracks, ...
January 16, 2021
BY
Diane Dimond
Will Good People Stand By While Censorship Threatens America?
Commentary “You Americans think your system of government is so special,” chided the Ghanian student in my advanced ...
January 15, 2021
BY
Daniel Oliver Jr.
Fear and the Freedom to Speak
Commentary 2021 will be a year of big decisions. With the pandemic raging and the political landscape offering ...
January 14, 2021
BY
Ryan Moffatt
I’m Sounding the Alarm: PRC-Style Censorship Has Arrived in the United States
Commentary Last week, I stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building. Not on Jan. 6, the ...
January 14, 2021
BY
Adam Molon
Twitter Permanently Bans Trump; Why Do Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Harry Reid Get a Pass?
Commentary Twitter explained why it decided to permanently ban President Donald Trump: “After close review of recent Tweets ...
January 14, 2021
BY
Larry Elder
Poland Announces Bill to Protect Online Freedom of Speech
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced the introduction of laws to protect freedom of speech on the ...
January 13, 2021
BY
Ella Kietlinska
Dennis Prager: Capitol Siege Was ‘Vile’ but Left’s Suppression of Free Speech Is Worse
Radio talk show host and columnist Dennis Prager said in an interview with The Epoch Times' American Thought Leaders ...
January 13, 2021
BY
Tom Ozimek
and
Jan Jekielek
Regulate Social Media Like Public Utilities
Commentary Democracy took a big blow when Twitter shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts and Google and Amazon ...
January 13, 2021
BY
Betsy McCaughey
The ‘Good American’
Commentary In my last column, I described how I have come to better understand the moral problem of ...
January 12, 2021
BY
Dennis Prager
National Press Club Decries Violence Against Reporters During US Capitol Breach
Leading organizations for members of the press are calling for criminal investigations against individuals who threatened or attacked ...
January 12, 2021
BY
Janita Kan
Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Case Over High School Cheerleader’s Snapchat
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a long-running First Amendment case that may decide whether public ...
January 11, 2021
BY
GQ Pan
Trudeau Defends His Comments on Free Speech Following Paris Terrorist Attack
After Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole accused Justin Trudeau of not defending free speech and standing with French President ...
November 4, 2020
BY
Isaac Teo
1
2
3
4
Next
TOP NEWS
Biden Administration Opening Facilities in Michigan, Pennsylvania to House Illegal Immigrant Children
NEW
By
Zachary Stieber
Indonesia Quake Kills 7 in Java, Jolts Bali; No Tsunami Risk
NEW
By
The Associated Press
US Issues Guidelines to Deepen Relations With Taiwan
NEW
By
Reuters
Several New York Times Staff Previously Worked For CCP-Controlled Media: Report
NEW
By
Isabel van Brugen
Biden Won’t Push Supreme Court Justice Breyer to Retire: White House
1hr
By
Tom Ozimek
4th US Site Pauses COVID-19 Vaccinations After Adverse Reactions
1hr
By
Zachary Stieber
Off-Duty Pentagon Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting of 2 Robbery Suspects in Maryland
1hr
By
Lorenz Duchamps
How a Political Prisoner of 17 Years Resisted Communist Cuba’s Persecution
1hr
By
Mimi Nguyen Ly
and
Joshua Philipp
Fauci: No Concern About Number of People Testing Positive After COVID-19 Vaccination
2hr
By
Zachary Stieber
Supreme Court Blocks California’s Restrictions on In-home Religious Gatherings
2hr
By
Zachary Stieber