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The concern around the nation’s human rights record – notably freedom of speech and treatment of minorities – has been widespread in esports, with some inside the industry refusing to take part in the EWC.
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Ben Church, CNN, 6 July 2024
But in 1919, in a dissent in the case of Abrams v. U.S., Holmes put the Court on the path toward making freedom of speech one of the values that sets America apart.
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Lincoln Caplan, The New Yorker, 4 July 2024
The company contends its ability to make programming decisions is protected by freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 June 2024
Both leaders have also enacted anti-LGBTQ policies and clamped down on freedom of speech in their countries.
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Luke McGee, CNN, 2 July 2024
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“Freedom of speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freedom%20of%20speech. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Legal Definition
freedom of speech
: the right to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content and subject only to reasonable limitations (as the power of the government to avoid a clear and present danger) especially as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution see also free speech compare censorship, prior restraint
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