Ship Noise Leaving Crabs Too Stressed to Hide From Danger
Human-caused undersea noise from ships stress out shore crabs, weakening their defenses and leaving them vulnerable to predators, according to research released Monday.
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China’s Schools, Forced Online, Run Into Censors
Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian’s online class was abruptly cut short. “I guess we touched on some sensitive topic,” he said.
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China Expels Three Wall Street Journal Reporters
China on Wednesday ordered three reporters The Wall Street Journal to leave the country for what Beijing called a racist headline, in one of the harshest moves against foreign media in years.
Read moreSingapore Tells Facebook to Block Critical Site
Singapore on Monday ordered Facebook to block the page of an anti-government website in the city-state, the latest use of a law against online misinformation that critics say stifles free speech.
Read moreTexas A&M Settles Lawsuit With PETA
Texas A&M University reached a settlement with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Monday, agreeing to remove filters from its Facebook page that PETA claimed violated its right to speak out against the school’s research on dogs.
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Pakistan Delays Decision on Movie That Offended Islamists
Pakistan’s government on Monday postponed its decision on whether to lift a ban on a movie that had offended hard-line Islamists in this Muslim-majority country, after asking a high council of clerics to weigh in on the film.
Read morePastor Loses Suit Over Gay-Conversion Videos on Vimeo
A federal magistrate threw out a discrimination suit against Vimeo from a California pastor who says he is the product of gay-conversion therapy.
Read moreOcasio-Cortez Averts Courtroom Face-Off Over Twitter Block
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has unblocked a former New York politician on Twitter and apologized to him, just before she was to take the stand in his First Amendment lawsuit against her.
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A federal judge Tuesday awarded Prison Legal News $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees and costs for its successful, 8-year-old lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections for refusing to allow the monthly publication in its prisons.
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China Asked That Houston Rockets Exec Be Fired
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Chinese officials wanted Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey to be fired for his tweet supporting anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, and that the league dismissed the request.
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Apple Truckles to China, Removes Hong Kong App
Apple removed a smartphone app that allows Hong Kong residents to report police movements from its online store Thursday after an official Chinese newspaper accused the company of facilitating illegal behavior.
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China Cancels Events in War of Words With NBA
In response to the NBA’s defending Houston Rockets executive Daryl Morey’s freedom of speech, China canceled events scheduled with the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets.
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NBA and China Both Flex Muscles in Speech Fight
The NBA’s lucrative interests in China are under threat, but the league enjoys an important piece of leverage that could carry it through the crisis: It’s the only game in town.
Read moreTiffany Removes Advert Over Hong Kong Controversy
Tiffany & Co. have removed a tweet showing a woman covering one eye after Chinese consumers accused the jeweler of supporting the Hong Kong protesters.
Read moreStudents Find Success With First Amendment Battles Over College Fees
College students in San Diego County saw two court victories this summer in First Amendment cases challenging how mandatory student fees are allocated by schools. It’s a trend legal experts say will continue as alternative student groups challenge who gets access to funds raised by students, with lack of funding amounting to censorship.
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Tennessee Catholic School Yanks Harry Potter From Library
A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure up evil spirits.
Read moreConservative Group Says First Amendment Should Apply to YouTube
Lawyers for Google and the website Prager University squared off before a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday over whether YouTube censors the conservative platform in violation of the First Amendment.
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Google unfairly censors videos on LGBTQ issues, the Divino Group claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreLimits on Russian Propaganda Channel Get Court OK
Europe’s top court backed Lithuania on Friday for barring broadcasts of a Russian propaganda channel except as part of a pay-per-view subscription.
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Trump’s Next Tweet Could Get a Warning Label
President Donald Trump’s next tweet might come with a warning label. Starting Thursday, tweets that Twitter deems to involve matters of public interest, but which violate the service’s rules, will be obscured by a warning explaining the violation and Twitter’s reasons for publishing it anyway. Users will have to tap through the warning to see the underlying message.
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