Sentence examples for chill expression from inspiring English sources
Last week, the UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion, David Kaye, warned the laws would "chill expression and people speaking out".
In his majority opinion, Justice Kennedy said that the law was unconstitutionally broad, so far-reaching that it had the potential to chill expression with clear artistic and literary merit.
In a country that prides itself on freedom of speech, government should not be in the business of creating an atmosphere that could chill expression.
Inadequate in the face of that war's slaughter, traditional moral language gave way to double-entendres, sardonic humor and chill expressions of sang-froid.
While we may wish to guard against invasion of privacy, particularly of vulnerable individuals, the present legal regime too often chills expression and results in censorship.
Among the laws that chill journalistic expression is Section 124A of the penal code, also known as the sedition law, which criminalizes any expression that causes "hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government".
An end to Internet anonymity would chill free expression in cyberspace".
Prominent editors and journalists said the court's action would chill free expression, particularly criticism of the court.
"Australia's leaders like to talk about the importance of freedom of speech, now is their chance to make it very clear to Nauru that measures which chill free expression have no place in a democracy".
English PEN and Index on Censorship are initiating an inquiry into the U.K.'s libel legislation, inviting writers, editors, and publishers to submit examples of how laws have been used to "chill free expression".
But, in a letter, Gonzalez told the Democrats that the Administration would not produce the memos, because to do so would chill free expression among Administration lawyers and violate the principle of executive privilege, which protects the internal deliberations of the President's aides.
