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free speech

free speech

noun

  1. the right to express one's opinions publicly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of free speech1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences

Smartmatic’s theory is fundamentally incompatible with the reality of the modern news network and deeply rooted principles of free speech law.

From Axios

This bill doesn’t interfere with free speech—it’s about allowing these platforms to finally be held accountable for harmful, often criminal behavior enabled by their platforms to which they have turned a blind eye for too long.

The Oversight Board has a quasi-legal structure and will make judgments based on arguments of legality with a bias towards Facebook’s extreme interpretation of free speech.

From Time

The funding round comes at a time when social media companies are trying to find the tricky balance between content moderation and free speech.

From Fortune

America's civil liberties laws, which trace to the Constitution's guarantee of free speech spelled out in the First Amendment, are far less expansive.

Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.

The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.

In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.

Asserting our right to free speech is the only to ensure that 12 people did not die in vain.

It was an attempt to combat a growing chill on free speech in Turkey while placing his newspaper at the center of the debate.

In any case, independently of its legislative function, the Philippine Assembly will be a useful channel for free speech.

And a State that will be damaged by free speech ought to be damaged.

The conspiracy against free speech and free assembly was on in earnest!

Jake Michel promptly accepted the challenge and was as promptly suppressed by the police at the first mention of free speech.

The free speech committee sent John Berg to Everett that same day to retain an attorney for the men held without warrants.

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