SAN DIEGO, California, July 2 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: With more than 13,000 people attending the American Library Association's annual conference in San Diego, the association's elected Council delivered a strong message opposing censors and those who are trying to remove hundreds of books at a time targeting LGBTQ+ and people of color from library shelves. Library workers attending the council meeting from Florida, Texas, California and Vermont,   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 2 -- The International Center for Law and Economics issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: * * * The International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) offers the following statement on today's unanimous opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court in NetChoice LLC v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice LLC. The following quote can be attributed to Senior Scholar Ben Sperry: "The Supreme Court today vindicated the First Amendment in a pair of online speech cases involving c  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: The U.S. Supreme Court today vacated the lower courts' rulings in the Florida and Texas legal challenges to laws limiting the power of the largest social media companies to moderate and curate speech on their platforms and require the companies to disclose certain information to the public. In December 2023, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univers  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Public Knowledge issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Moody v. NetChoice / NetChoice v. Paxton. The Court explained that the First Amendment prevents states from overriding the content moderation and editorial policies of social media companies, but remanded the cases to the lower courts to consider how the content moderation laws passed by Texas and Florida might apply to other kinds of services with di  more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, July 2 -- The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties issued the following news on July 1, 2024: * * * Marti M. LaTour of Gulf Stream, Kevin Powers of Stuart, and Kenneth West II of West Palm Beach Begin Three-Year Terms Officially on July 1, 2024 * * * The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties today announced the appointment of Marti M. LaTour, Kevin Powers, and Kenneth West II to its Board of Directors. "We are pleased to welcome  more