Not every speech act can be a lie. A good definition of lying should be able to draw the right distinctions between speech acts (like promises, assertions, and oaths) that can be lies and speech acts ...

When Twitter and Facebook shuttered the account of Donald Trump, along with thousands of others for allegedly spreading far right violence and conspiracy theories, many felt that it was long overdue.

In this discussion note we explore why and how we need a pragmalinguistic and speech act-anchored approach to systematically study a key pragmatic phenomenon: phatic interaction. By so doing, we aim ...

Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a bill, SB-771, which would hold social media companies liable for violating California’s c ...

If you think free speech is under attack in the United States—and it is—you should see its besieged status in the rest of the world. Open contempt for unrestricted debate prevails in even many ...

It may be dubbed the "Promoting Rights and Online Speech Protections to Ensure Every Consumer is Heard" (PRO-SPEECH) Act, but a new bill from Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker is anything but ...

We renew our support for the Student Journalist Free Speech Act, a bill in the New York state Legislature that would protect young people’s right to express themselves in school-sponsored publications ...

On Sept. 18, during a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) fired off a series of questions aimed at the Trump administration, but in the middle of her of her rebuke, she ...

Public colleges and universities should be free and open to the exchange of ideas — a place where our future teachers, lawyers, doctors, judges, community leaders, and voters can exercise their ...

Real World Impact: The newly enacted Illinois Freedom of Speech Act prohibits employers in Illinois from requiring employees to participate in employer-sponsored meetings if the meeting is designed to ...