A new survey from the Knight Foundation published on Tuesday, July 30, found that 27% of college students are in favor of restricting free speech “they may find offensive or biased,” up from 22% in 2021. Students that identified as Democrats were mostly split on whether to allow all speech on campus, even speech they find offensive. However, 7 in 10 Republican students said that they believed it is important to be exposed to all speech, even that which is offensive or biased....

Separating the truth from the lies on social media is harder than ever, with last week’s headlines providing a pointed example of how quickly platforms can be used to spread disinformation. As families mourned the death of three young girls killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, riots broke out stoked by disinformation about the suspect’s identity. On Thursday, Sir Keir Starmer warned social media companies after...

Riots have broken out across the U.K. in recent days over false rumors spread online that an asylum seeker was responsible for a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event that left three girls dead and others wounded.  The suspect has been identified as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, who was born in Wales to Rwandan parents. Suspects under 18 are typically not named in the U.K., but the judge in the case ordered the suspect to be identified to stop the...

A judo world championship bronze medalist from Cuba who got back into the sport after moving to America. The son of a pioneer in the new Olympic sport of breaking who came to the US after an arduous journey through the desert. Basketball players and track and field athletes who came to the USA for college and professional sports who decided to represent their new country internationally. Many of the 594 athletes named to the US Olympic team this summer are immigrants or the...

Britain is recovering from a weekend of protests, riots and right-wing thuggery. Having enjoyed a month-long honeymoon in which he visited the Paris Olympics, hobnobbed with global leaders and announced an ambitious agenda, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now trying to reassert not just public order but public confidence, delivering an address to the nation on Sunday and chairing an emergency Cobra meeting on Monday. The scale of the rioting was shocking. In Rotherham, a crowd tried...

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