free speech
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And the algorithms that Facebook uses to republish this in a dynamically created news feed or whenever, the software that governs that is Facebook’s free speech. — Nr Staff, National Review, "The Editors Podcast: Restarts, Rallies, and Regulations," 22 June 2019 In a blog post, Buterin painted the legal dispute as being about censorship, free speech and truth. — Olga Kharif, latimes.com, "Craig Wright says he invented bitcoin. Now he’s suing those who doubt him," 20 June 2019 The service is often compared to Alphabet's Project Shield, first announced in October 2013, which also provides free DDoS protection and other defenses to vulnerable humanitarian and free speech groups. — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, "Cloudflare’s Five-Year Project to Protect Nonprofits Online," 12 June 2019 The note also describes a series of four spin-off political action committees that will give directly to candidates who share the groups’ priorities on economic opportunity, free speech, free trade and immigration. — Philip Elliott, Time, "Coming Soon to a Democratic Primary: Candidates Backed By Charles Koch," 7 June 2019 Journalists like to think of ourselves as the foot-soldiers of free speech, but lobbyists have as much of a claim on that. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "The Wrong Bogeymen," 19 June 2019 Britain acknowledges the guarantees of free speech in the European Convention on Human Rights. — The Economist, "Australia’s surprising disregard for free speech," 15 June 2019 And Australia didn’t have enshrined rights like the U.S. First Amendment guarantee of free speech. — Washington Post, "Australian opposition calls for review of press freedom," 12 June 2019 But an essential function of free speech is to invite dispute. — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, "Federal Judge Dismisses Charges Against 3 White Supremacists," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'free speech.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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