Free speech

Proposed antisemitism laws in France, Italy stir free speech debate

Critics of the laws, including academics and left-wing politicians, allege that they will censor pro-Palestine activism and contribute to conflating Jews with the state of Israel

Banners and Palestinian flags are displayed as people attend an anti-Israel protest amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Paris, France July 31, 2025.
A PERSON wearing a rainbow mask is seen during the Brooklyn Liberation's Protect Trans Youth event in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, June 13, 2021.

US Supreme Court rejects Colorado's ban on LGBT 'conversion' talk therapy

Paivi Rasanen (R), member of the Finnish Parliament, testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2026.

Finland's Supreme Court fines MP for calling homosexuality 'developmental disorder'

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attends the executive order signing ceremony to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

A-G Ken Paxton moves to defend Texas’s designation of CAIR as a terrorist organization


Russian lawyer, councilor jailed for criticizing invasion of Ukraine

Alexei Gorinov, a district councilor in capital Moscow was jailed for seven years after he was found guilty of "disseminating fake information about Russia's army."

 Moscow city councillor Alexei Gorinov holds a placard reading "Do you still need this war?" as he stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia July 8, 2022

People need to be less afraid of presenting views opposed to the 'mainstream' - editorial

While it's important to create safe environments, it's also important not to make people suffer for their views opposed to mainstream opinion.

Today’s youths prefer to share their feelings and emotions through texts and online, in social media, in chat platforms while gaming and in other similar settings

Elon Musk's Twitter challenge: Dealing with extremists - editorial

Twitter should be careful to not let “free speech” become a cover for antisemitism, as well as racism, hatred and other extremism.

The Twitter logo superimposed on antisemitic tweets

Elon Musk, Twitter: The 3rd phase of the War on Truth

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The war over the free world's soul, in which Twitter is a central arena, cannot be led by Big Business.

Elon Musk's twitter account is seen on a smartphone in front of the Twitter logo in this photo illustration taken, April 15, 2022.

Elon Musk giving 'serious thought' to build a new social media platform

His tweet comes a day after he put out a Twitter poll asking users if they believed Twitter adheres to the principle of free speech, to which over 70% voted "no."

 Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019.

Israel must learn from the Enes Freedom case - opinion

The Biden administration is paving the way for the world’s worst human rights abusers to expand their powers however they see fit

 ENES KANTER Freedom (right) plays in an NBA game in Boston for the Celtics in October.

Letters to the Editor December 8, 2021: Double standard?

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Free speech isn't always free on university campuses - opinion

Over the last few weeks, a Palestinian student at the University of Southern California has come under scrutiny for her antisemitic and violent tweets.

 PRO-PALESTINE demonstrators protest outside the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles in May.

Religious Services Minister plans law to exempt rabbis from political comments restrictions

Minister Matan Kahana's comments were criticized since municipal chief rabbis are in effect never subject to disciplinary procedures despite gross violations of the regulations.

Chief rabbis gathered to discuss reforms to the conversion and kashrut system

A writer's experience with cancel culture

While there is a lot of horrible language that deserves to be challenged and even canceled, it has created a climate of fear for writers like me.

 THE WRITER at the newspaper he  worked at during and after high  school.