SocietyNews
Senate Panel Clashes Over Censorship, Free Speech
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution met Tuesday to discuss censorship with a panel of expert witnesses from the media and the law. Witnesses… Read More
Commentary
Yes, Mr. Khalil, Your Actions Have Consequences
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Zuckerberg’s ‘Free Speech’ Pivot Falls Short: Here’s How Meta Can Make It Right
For far too long, tech monopolies have controlled free speech and political discourse online. It’s been incredibly clear that they have regularly restricted conservative speech—whether… Read More
Commentary
‘Green Computing’ and Woke AI are Gifts to China
At the recent AI Action Summit in Paris, Vice President JD Vance declared that artificial intelligence must remain “free from ideological bias and … not be co-opted into a… Read More
SocietyNews
EXCLUSIVE: ADF Investigates Free Speech Violations by US Science Agency
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A religious liberty law firm has launched an investigation into censorship of Americans’ free speech within the government’s science agency. Alliance… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Censors Are Coming
If you think that regimes trying to control their people through suppressing expression the government doesn’t like only happens in “those” parts of the world,… Read More
InternationalNews
Trump Admin Confronts British PM Over Free Speech Violations
Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer are discussing how free speech violations there affect American citizens, as… Read More
SocietyNews
String of Pro-Life Prosecutions in UK ‘Prove JD Vance to Be Correct’
Just days after Vice President JD Vance warned Europe against imposing Orwellian laws criminalizing free speech and silent prayer, police in Scotland arrested a 74-year-old… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Coach Fired for Defending Women’s Sports
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order called “Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports.” Among other things, it stops the federal government from subsidizing… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Legacy Media Goes All in on Europe’s Censorship Regimes
It says a lot about America’s fast fading legacy media establishment leaders that they’ve decided to use up the last shreds of their credibility to glorify censorship…. Read More
InternationalNews
In Munich Speech, Vance Excoriates European Leaders on Censorship, Mass Migration Policies
Vice President JD Vance called out European leaders in a speech Friday at the Munich Security Conference, arguing that Europeans must commit to free speech… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
What Does an Executive Action Add to the First Amendment?
It’s hardly a sign of civic health when a president begins his term by instructing his subordinates to abide by the First Amendment’s guarantee of… Read More
Daniel Ortega Expels Nuns, Seizes Seminaries as Religious Persecution Intensifies in Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s government has expelled approximately 30 Poor Clare nuns from their convents in Managua and Chinandega, marking the latest crackdown from Daniel Ortega’s regime. The… Read More
EducationCommentary
Higher Education Must Reform—or Else
A day of reckoning has come for higher education. In the past four years, acolytes from America’s most prestigious universities not only continued their project of… Read More
LawNews
Trump’s Fight Against Online Censorship Goes Global
Flanked by some of the Big Tech executives whose companies had suppressed the views of his supporters throughout his predecessor’s term, President Donald Trump on… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
On Inauguration Day, Trump Writes the Next Chapter of America
Inauguration Day for the 45th and now 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, featured a host of events in which Trump was in… Read More
LawAnalysis
Supreme Court Rebuffs Free Speech Defense in Upholding TikTok Divestment
At least one branch of the federal government is not prepared to make way for TikTok. On Friday, a mere seven days after oral arguments… Read More
LawNews
Justices Skeptical of Porn Websites’ First Amendment Claims in Age-Verification Challenge
Free speech online is “imperiled” by a Texas law requiring multinational pornography websites to verify that their users are at least 18 years old, the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Facebook Embraces Free Speech: The Masses Win, the Experts Lose
The times, they are a-changing. The balance of power in the perhaps eternal battle between the experts and the masses has been shifting starkly, even… Read More
LawNews
Tennessee Judge Blocks Law Requiring Age Verification for Porn Sites
Does protecting kids from being exposed to pornography suppress the free speech rights of adults? According to U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman of Memphis, Tennessee,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Age of Censorship Is Ending
This week, in a stunning volte-face, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would now be revising its censorship policies to accord with his older vision of… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
Political Shakeup: Facebook Fires Fact-Checkers and Trump Wants Greenland and Canada
It’s no secret that culture has heavily influenced politics over the years. Gay couples appeared in movies and TV shows long before the Supreme Court’s… Read More
Trump’s Opportunity to Bring Balance to White House Press Room
The incoming Trump White House, including press secretary Karoline Leavitt, is signaling that it wants to revamp the press briefing room. This is an outstanding… Read More
Pornhub to Block Access in 13 States as Age-Verification Laws Spread
THE CENTER SQUARE—The pornography website Pornhub soon will be inaccessible in 13 states after lawmakers passed a flurry of restrictions for social media and other… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
How the Left Will Defend Its Censorship Regime Against Trump
The reelection of President Donald Trump could serve as a historic turning point for free speech in America. President Trump has said he will investigate censorship practices… Read More
Free Speech: Why a Tech Titan Backed Trump
Why did Marc Andreessen—inventor of the first internet web browser and perhaps the prime venture capitalist in Silicon Valley today—switch from his longstanding support of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Kids Online Safety Act Prioritizes Kids and Free Speech
Big Tech is terrified that unfettered access to our children is close to an end. And when industry business models thrive on luring minors, they… Read More
Pastor Fights to Keep Realtor License After Posting Bible Verse
A Virginia real estate broker faces the prospect of losing his license and paying a hefty fine because of a Facebook post about a Bible verse… Read More
3 Pillars of Change for Second Trump Administration
The steady flow of Cabinet picks from Mar-a-Lago signals that President-elect Donald Trump, fresh off his election victory, is wasting no time. And for good… Read More
LawNews
Judge Compares Spa’s Women-Only Policy to Segregation-Era ‘Whites Only’ Rules
A federal judge compared a female-only entrance policy for a Washington state-based spa to a “whites-only” policy at a hearing on Monday. Judge M. Margaret… Read More
