With Elon Musk asserting his ideas of turning Twitter into a free speech haven, the Buffalo shooting demonstrates the importance of moderating content on the social media. In the wake of the shooting, the social media companies worked hard to remove posts that were legal but in violation of their policies.They included posts of the shooting and the shooter’s racist diatribe. (The Washington Post, May 18, 2022, by Will Oremus) For related FAC coverage, click

State legislators are introducing laws to require keepers of library databases cataloging books, journals and articles to limit student access to material obscene, pornographic sexually exploitative or harmful to minors. Utah and Tennessee already have laws on the books with laws pending in Minnesota and Oklahoma. Educators fear that the laws could further restrict teachers’ ability to deal with issues of race, racism, sex and gender identity. (The Washington Post, May 10, 2022, by Hannah