In the U.S., most of what we say online, even if it's hate filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in ...

Authoritarians in the United States and Europe have stopped trying to conceal their tyrannical inclinations and behavior. And it stands to reason that they would. After all, the skillful use of small ...

In the U.S., most of what gets posted online, even if it's hate-filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech.

CBS’ "60 Minutes" aired a friendly interview Sunday with local German officials as the country's government initiates a nationwide crackdown on offensive speech. CBS’ Sharyn Alfonsi juxtaposed ...

CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi offered minimal pushback; at one point, she did suggest that surveilling citizens to this degree and prosecuting them for wrongthink was itself sort of Nazi-esque. No one ...

The segment, which aired on Sunday, showcased how German authorities crack down on online speech deemed harmful or offensive ...

But in Germany, prosecutors and cops police the internet. Sharyn Alfonsi: It's 6:01 on a Tuesday morning, and we were with state police as they raided this apartment in northwest Germany.

JD Vance brought his lecturing of Germans into a second week Monday by slamming laws in the country meant to curb hate speech and the prosecutors who carry them out. The vice president claimed Germany ...

If you've ever dared to read the comments on a social media post, you might start to wonder if civilized discourse is just a myth. Aggressive threats, lies, and harassment have unfortunately ...

Sharyn Alfonsi: What's the typical reaction when the police show up at somebody's door and they say, "Hey, we believe you wrote this on the internet,"? Dr. Matthäus Fink: They say-- in Germany we ...