freedom of speech

noun phrase

: the legal right to express one's opinions freely

Examples of freedom of speech in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No one’s stopped those brilliant young artists, and especially young women ready for America’s first woman President, in using their platform for women’s rights and freedom of speech before — and surely won’t this week either. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024

To faculty, new protest rules threaten freedom of speech – and the freedom to think, both central to university life. —Annie Ma, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024

The move has put the spotlight on the criminal liability of app providers and also triggered debate on where freedom of speech ends and enforcement of the law begins. Telegram, which has close to 1 billion users, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. —Reuters, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024

California’s unconstitutional law infringing on your freedom of speech has been blocked by the court. —Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024

Legal Definition

freedom of speech

: the right to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content and subject only to reasonable limitations (as the power of the government to avoid a clear and present danger) especially as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution see also free speech compare censorship, prior restraint