Free Speech

AllSides reveals media bias and helps heal political polarization on free speech and other related issues, including campus speech, online censorship and hate speech. Burst your filter bubble: understand perspectives and stances from liberals, conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between on free speech — explore fact checks, data, pro-con arguments and balanced news.

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Macklemore Kicked Off Ed Sheeran Tour for Saying 'Free Palestine' During Show

Ed Sheeran blames US tour promoter for dropping Macklemore

Al Jazeera

Macklemore says Robert Kraft, stadium owners fueled his ouster from Ed Sheeran's tour over call to 'free Palestine'

The Hill

Macklemore doubles down after getting kicked off Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestine stance

Fox News Digital

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Outlets Reflect on Charlie Kirk's Death One Year Later

See how Wall Street Journal (News), The Intercept, and Fox News (Opinion) cover this story.

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Dua Lipa Opens 'Banned' Book Library in Portugal, Draws Conservative Criticisms

See how Ron Charles, Washington Examiner, and National Review (Opinion) cover this story.

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The State of Self-Censorship in the Classroom

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The State of Self-Censorship in the Classroom

AllSides Staff

October 26th, 2026

A Suprising Chemistry: The Steven Crowder vs Randall Kennedy Debate

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A Suprising Chemistry: The Steven Crowder vs Randall Kennedy Debate

John R. Wood Jr.

October 26th, 2026

Media Bias Alert: DOJ Claims Biden Admin Weaponized Gov’t to ‘Chill Free Speech’ Despite Internal Dissent

Bias

Media Bias Alert: DOJ Claims Biden Admin Weaponized Gov’t to ‘Chill Free Speech’ Despite Internal Dissent

Andy Gorel

October 8th, 2026

Tracking Controversial Deportations and Detainments Under the Trump Administration

News

Tracking Controversial Deportations and Detainments Under the Trump Administration

AllSides Staff

March 10th, 2026

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Newsweek

Freedom of Expression

Amnesty International

Cato Institute

For many Americans, views of offensive speech aren’t necessarily clear-cut

Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center

Americans and ‘Cancel Culture’: Where Some See Calls for Accountability, Others See Censorship, Punishment

Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center

How Parler, a Chosen App of Trump Fans, Became a Test of Free Speech

New York Times (News)

Pew Research Center

Campus free speech: A cultural approach

American Enterprise Institute

Explore how people across the political spectrum use these terms differently.

Balanced News about Free Speech on AllSides

News from the Left

News from the Center

News from the Right

Ed Sheeran Addresses Controversy at First Show Since Openers, Backing Band Dropped Off Tour, Calls It 'The Best Show of My Life'

Billboard

I was cancelled for criticising a trans conversion ban. Now I could be sent to prison

The Telegraph - UK

DEPROGRAMMED: She entered Columbia a liberal; a fight over English literature turned her conservative

Fox News Digital

Ed Sheeran says situation in Gaza is 'catastrophic and unjustifiable' as he opens concert

Associated Press

Labour's 'extreme' porn ban threatens free speech

UnHerd

Legacy Media Boss Set To Win Award For Being First Amendment Champion. Her Record Begs To Differ

The Daily Caller

Ed Sheeran blames US tour promoter for dropping Macklemore

Al Jazeera

Macklemore says Robert Kraft, stadium owners fueled his ouster from Ed Sheeran's tour over call to 'free Palestine'

The Hill

Macklemore doubles down after getting kicked off Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestine stance

Fox News Digital

New Report Adds A Twist To Trump White House's Associated Press Ban

HuffPost

Free Speech on Campus a Year After Charlie Kirk

Wall Street Journal (News)

Colleges reject Christian, GOP clubs despite First Amendment obligations, free speech promises

Just The News

They Tried to Make Charlie Kirk a Saint. They Made Him a Meme.

The Intercept

What 9/11, Charlie Kirk and a Muslim surgeon teach about humanity

Deseret News

I'm a university president. Our profession should finish what Charlie Kirk started

Fox News (Opinion)

Judge rules West Point policy restricting professors' speech is unconstitutional

The Washington Post

Trump hits out at NBC journalist Kristen Welker, calling for her to face 'rebuke or punishment'

Euronews

30+ Christians Killed in Nigeria in Latest Attack: 'Every Month, We Bury Our People'

CBN

ABC sues FCC, claiming First Amendment violations, escalating months-long feud

The Washington Post

Appeals court slashes Alex Jones's Sandy Hook judgment from $50M to $1.5M

The Hill

The Chilling Message Sent To Anyone Who Dares Speak Out

The Daily Wire

Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner — and proved its point

CNN Digital

Prosecutors move to drop charge against California labor leader arrested during immigration protest

The Hill

Minnesota prosecutors needed two court interpreters to try and prove an American woman is guilty of calling Somalis a mean word

Not The Bee

Trial of Shiloh Hendrix, Minn. Woman Accused of Hurling Racial Slur at 8-Year-Old Boy, Begins

People

Chat Control 1.0 passed the European Parliament — through the back door

Euronews

Four banned books Dua Lipa should carry in her new library

Washington Examiner

Inside Dua Lipa's Library of Banned Books

Ron Charles

Appeals court rules Florida Stop WOKE Act violates free speech

United Press International

The Faulty Premise of Dua Lipa's 'Banned' Books Library

National Review (Opinion)