Education

Censorship

Google Tells All on Biden Admin.’s Digital Censorship Pressures against Conservative Critics

September 26, 2025 Mark Tapscott via The Washington Stand 2
“The committee’s oversight has revealed that YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet, was a direct participant in the federal government’s censorship regime. In particular, the committee obtained documents showing that the federal government successfully pressured YouTube to censor certain lawful content, including content that did not violate YouTube’s content moderation policies. Throughout the previous Congress, the committee expressed concern over YouTube’s censorship of conservatives and political speech, including censorship of FBI whistleblowers who testified before the Committee,” Jordan told Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai in the March 6 subpoena cover letter.

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Academia

‘IDENTICAL FACTS’: Loudoun County Punishes Christian Boys While Exonerating Muslim, Lawyer Says

August 23, 2025 Tyler O 'Neill via The Daily Signal 1
While the school system brought “identical facts” against all three boys, it eventually dropped the case against the Muslim boy. While the district “didn’t say Muslim,” Hetzler said “that was the only difference we could find.” While the lawyer said exonerating the Muslim boy “was the right thing,” he faulted Loudon County Public Schools for keeping the cases against the two Christian boys.

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Academia

Va. School Board Walks Back Trans Pronoun Policy

July 26, 2025 S.A. McCarthy via The Washington Stand 0
Despite the victory in Loudoun County, conservatives and Christians are still being persecuted for adhering to biological and biblical reality. Just last week, Louisiana pastor Luke Ash, lead pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, was fired from his weekday job at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library when he refused to address a biologically female coworker using male pronouns.

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Academia

A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma could decide the future of the First Amendment

April 4, 2025 Lawrence Hurley via NBC News 4
Under Walters’ watch, the state approved the first ever religious virtual public charter school, a provocative move that is now before the Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the move next month. He has also proposed placing Bibles in schools, a move that was recently blocked by the state Supreme Court, and is seeking to add more Christian-related themes to the curriculum, including information about the Ten Commandments.

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Education

St. Louis Schools Ordered to Pay $90,000 Each to Two Employees in COVID Vaccine Mandate Suit

March 15, 2025 Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. via Children's Health Defense 0
“The District’s alleged Policy put Plaintiffs to a choice: compromise their convictions or lose their livelihoods,” U.S. Chief District Judge Stephen R. Clark wrote. “Restrictions impermissibly infringing on constitutional rights, like the right to freely exercise one’s religion, spread across the country like a virus.” more here…

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Legal

Virginia Teacher Reinstated after Being Fired for Her Christian Views on Gender

February 15, 2025 Anugrah Kumar via The Washington Stand 1
Liberty Counsel sent a letter to the district asserting that the First Amendment, Title VII and Virginia law protect teachers who speak on public matters in a personal capacity.

“… As interpreted by the Supreme Court of Virginia, … [the teacher] has the right in her capacity as a citizen to freely speak and write regarding her religious views and political views as they are informed by her faith — and neither she nor any other teacher of [the school district] may be penalized for speech expressed in a private capacity — whether that speech takes place pre-employment, or during employment but in a private capacity,” read the letter.

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