Sentences with phrase «also protects speech»

Not exact matches

The Apple (aapl) executive also commented on the First Amendment, which protects free speech — adding that at the time the founding fathers established this idea, there were no app developers, modern content creators, and other new forms of speech, notes 9 to 5 Mac.

«We are choosing to fight the deficit while also protecting education and health care,» Duncan boasted in a breezy speech.

The report authors also say they have seen significant new activity by political conservatives seeking to protect political free speech by companies, among other issues.

The laws that protect Fred Phelps» right to hold up reprehensible signs also protect the free speech of all other religions, whether we think them right or wrong.

While there are protected groups, is there also protected thoughts or speech that should be considered legally?

It's also part of a broader problem, in that politically - minded young people often seem instinctively uninterested in JS Mill - type arguments for free speech, and consider censorship questions as more about protecting certain groups from emotional pain than protecting individuals from those who would stop them participating in debate.

In a statement this week, Clegg insisted that the destruction of the Guardian's hard drive was a «reasonable» step for the government to take, before adding that he was also «keen» to protect the paper's freedom of speech.

Plainly, I believe in the freedom of the press and freedom of speech in this country, even when it is sometimes exercised provocatively, as it is supposed to be in a free country, but there are also areas where an individual is entitled to have their privacy protected.

That doesn't mean that what he publishes is any less morally reprehensible than various kinds of hate speech, which are also constitutionally protected.

After a devastating election from a liberal perspective, and as Meryl Streep pointed out in her Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe speech, with the feeling that Hollywood is being attacked by the right, it very well might want to protect itself and also, reward itself.

«It's very important that we elicit multiple views and honor free speech, but also protect human rights,» Weissbourd says.

While school officials must protect students and prevent disruptions, they are also legally obligated to respect students» right to free speech.

There was some fretting and some chest - thumping, but there were also some very earnest and absolutely sincere discussions about the right to freedom of speech, and for their legally - protected right to create a satire.

Those in favor of his suspension generally point out that America's 1st Amendment guarantee of free speech only protects you from government interference regarding political speech (and does not prevent employers from exercising their rights to discipline employees), whereas those defending Robertson have been quick to lament the knee - jerk reaction to those expressing counter-progressive cultural beliefs in a very clumsy fashion, and claim there is a double standard in which politically unpopular conservative viewpoints are quicker to result in job terminations than politically unpopular liberal viewpoints that are also clumsily expressed.

That doesn't mean that what he publishes is any less morally reprehensible than various kinds of hate speech, which are also constitutionally protected.

President Obama also ended his speech with a call to recognize the sacred importance of protecting Earth by recalling the astonishment of the astronauts when they saw the Earth from outer space as they came around the moon for the first time.

And, also, a country where we protect the freedom of speech even of those who think it might be OK to sentence a man to paralysis.

Pass the provisions of Bill C - 13 (a bill currently being debated in Parliament) that criminalize the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and hate speech against women, and ensure transgender people are also protected.

He also wrote: «The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater and causing a panic.»

Should also point out that a July 2017 case before the supreme court affirmed the rule that hate speech is protected free speech in the states (the case in question reversed rules on racial slurs being trademarks when an Asian American band tried to trade mark their bandname, which was reclaiming a slur for Asians.).

Jurisprudence also starts that all speech is Protected Political Speech, until proven otherwise, so the speaker of alleged unprotected speech need not provide any defense that his or her words should be considered such.

However, he also referred to campaign ads as «pure political speech» and added that «the First Amendment requires us to err on the side of protecting speech rather than suppressing it.»

West Coast LEAF has also written a letter urging the Senate to pass the Bill as drafted and without delay to protect the rights of trans people in Canada to be free from hate speech and discrimination on the basis of their gender identity.

The document also recommends a range of defences to protect free speech: these would include lawful authority, necessity (to protect life, for example), consent, absolute privilege (such as reporting court or parliamentary proceedings), the publication of public documents, etc..

I'm also all for law firms protecting our right of free speech.

Zeynep Tufekci, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and an expert in the effects of social - media use during events like the Arab Spring revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, wrote at the time it was introduced that the policy was the best available way for Twitter to protect free speech while also trying to expand its network into new parts of the world.

Bitcoin has also become a more popular tender among «alt right» activists crowdfunding for controversial projects, including the legal defense fund for Daily Stormer and campaigns to protect hate speech.

Supporting the preservation of online anonymity isn't only good for protecting your privacy and free speech — it can also help you protect your wallet.