U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany’s free speech laws during an appearance at a conservative gathering ...

In the United States, most of what anyone says, sends, or streams online — even if it's hate-filled or toxic — is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But Germany is trying to ...

Rubio pushed back on host Margaret Brennan's contention that Vance's support for free speech in Germany was reminiscent of the Holocaust. "He was standing in a country where free speech was ...

Vance’s remarks were not well received by Germany’s top officials who hammered the vice president over his free-speech critique and embrace of the country’s far-right Alternative für Deutsc ...

“Free speech in Europe means that you are not attacking others in ways that are against legislation and laws we have in our country”—referring to German hate speech laws. Scholz previously ...

Vance lambasted European leaders on Friday, the first day of the Munich Security Conference, accusing them of censoring free speech and criticising German mainstream parties' "firewall" against ...

German intelligence agencies have classified ... “the first thing — he switched off free speech. So he controls the media. Without that, he would have never been successful.” ...

He and Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the German mainstream parties' firewall. Vance said Friday at the Munich Security Conference that he fears free speech is "in retreat" across the continent.

He was called a “wrecking ball” for bringing up the anti-free speech movement that has swept over Europe. One German official declared “This is all so insane and worrying.” This is a ...

German media reported. During his speech, he lectured European governments over free speech and mass migration, accusing them of hostility to the idea that “somebody with an alternative ...

A day earlier at the Munich Security Conference, Vance lambasted European leaders, accusing them of censoring free speech and strongly criticising German mainstream parties' firewall against the ...