Among his first official acts on returning to the White House, President Donald Trump issued an executive order “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship.” Implicit in this vaguely written document: the United States is done fighting mis- and disinformation online.

On Day One, President Donald Trump restored freedom of speech in the United States. If you weren’t aware that it had been removed, that should give you an idea of the scale of the problem. Censorship and its totalitarian cousin, propaganda, combined to ...

A Republican bill that would curtail which flags government employees, including elected officials, can fly on government property moved forward Wednesday, despite concerns about the bill’s free speech implications.

Freedom of speech -- the right to express opinions without government restraint -- is a democratic ideal that dates back to ancient Greece. In the United States, the First Amendment guarantees free speech,