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Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change.

By The Associated Press

Schuylkill County student’s Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case

At issue is whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus.

By The Associated Press

Supreme Court won’t hear PA abortion clinic free speech case

The appeals court said the city can restrict congregating, picketing, patrolling and demonstrating in the immediate vicinity of clinics, but the zone restrictions do not apply to “calm and peaceful” one-on-one conversations by anti-abortion activists seeking to speak with women entering a clinic.

By The Associated Press

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Free speech and firearms raise tensions in suburban Pennsylvania

A protest last week in Wyomissing was an example of how fear — fear of Black Lives Matter protesters and Antifa, fear of an authoritarian police state, fear of neighbors who may sympathize with the “other” — has driven Americans to arm themselves.

By Anthony Orozco/PA Post

Listening Post: Is it legal to display a public sign containing profanity?

A PA Post reader asked, so we answered
By Ed Mahon/Spotlight PA




North Korea / Campus Speech

By Smart Talk

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