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Alexander Street Video: 6:00
Without expressing and evaluating ideas, we would never be able to determine what's right or wrong.

Alexander Street Video: 2:00
This Video Explains Commercial Speech and the 1st Amendment

Films on Demand - 1:16:48
Some have argued that the world’s largest social media companies, such as Facebook and Twitter, should restrict access to extremist material and ban fake news and false information. But others argue that this would amount to censorship, and private companies should not become the arbiter of acceptable and unacceptable articles and opinions. Should these companies adopt policies limiting content online? Or can free speech principles save social media companies from themselves?

ProQuest Video: 1:59
This Video Explains Fighting Words and the 1st Amendment

Alexander Street Video: 5:00
Why is the freedom of assembly an essential right in a free society? Our Homework Help video explores why the Founders included it in the 1st Amendment as well as the landmark Supreme Court cases involving it. Supreme Court cases arguing freedom of assembly debate the protections of the 14th Amendment. Although the Bill of Rights was initially limited to the federal government, incorporation also allows states to be culpable of the protections in the Bill of Rights.

Alexander Street Video: 6:00
What do you think of when you hear the words "free press"? The Founders believed the freedom of the press to be an important bulwark in a free society. Learn more about the history of the First Amendment as well as some landmark Supreme Court cases involving press freedom with this Homework Help video.

Alexander Street Video: 7:00
Why is the freedom of speech a bedrock principle in American society? In our latest Homework Help video, we explore the history of freedom of speech in the United States.

Alexander Street Video: 1:23:00
Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely explores America’s dedication to the foundational principles of free speech and free press through the groundbreaking work of attorney Floyd Abrams. A biopic of the First Amendment told through Abrams’ important cases, we reveal how this legal giant helped transform the First Amendment from an often ignored principle into a bulwark of American democracy.

ProQuest Video: 2:02
This Video Explains Obscene Speech and the 1st Amendment

HSTalks: 44:00
When we talk about public service broadcasting, we really mean broadcasters, national broadcasters, which are licensed by their governments with two requirements. One is to be universally available to the people in that country, and the other is to cover a broader range of programmes than if they were simply trying to maximise their audiences by doing only entertainment.

Alexander Street Video: 53:00
The story of one journalist’s battle to defend free speech in Putin’s Russia. With unique access, FRONTLINE follows Nobel Peace Prize-winner Dmitry Muratov as he fights to keep his newspaper alive and his reporters safe amid a government crackdown.

Alexander Street Video: 7:00
Self-censorship, especially regarding sensitive topics, is the dark matter of the academic freedom universe. Out of fear of being attacked, or their families being harmed, some journalists and scholars will forego publishing their findings.

Films on Demand: 49:40
...schools across the country are grappling with new pressures concerning what their students are reading and how they are taught. Supporters of these measures argue that schools should not expose children to sex, violence, drug use, race, or other topics they deem inappropriate. Such measures do not constitute book bans, they contend, as students can obtain these books elsewhere. Opponents argue that such measures are indeed book bans and that removing books from school libraries is akin to censorship and inherently un-American. Reading controversial books and discussing controversial topics, they contend, fosters critical thinking, encourages empathy, and provides a wider understanding of the world. Should certain books ever be banned in school?

ProQuest Video: 6:46
Social media giants aren't legally obligated to protect free speech. But they should. Former ACLU president Nadine Strossen explains why.

Alexander Street Video: 5:00
You can't really have an opinion if you don't know all sides of the argument.

ProQuest Video: 6:00
Battles have erupted at schools, school boards and library meetings across the country as parents, lawmakers and advocacy groups are debating books. The American Library Association documented more than 1,200 demands to censor books and resources last year, the highest since it started collecting data 20 years ago. Jeffrey Brown discussed more with the group's director, Deborah Caldwell-Stone.

Films on Demand: 1:21:50
The age of "information disorder" is upon us. Deep fakes, false political narratives, and conspiracy theories pervade the internet, threatening the United States' national security, as well as democracy itself... A panel of experts debates and discusses what the private sector should do, what the public sector can do, and how disseminators of false information should be handled.