As a mob stormed the Capitol, the word “sedition” was on many people’s lips. Its force is clear, but its echoes across American history are more complex and ambiguous.

What the 1798 Sedition Act got right — and what it means today It forced a conversation about the dangers of misinformation, one we need to have again today ...

On this day, July 14, in 1798, the Sedition Act became law in the United States, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.

The arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on the serious charge of sedition has sparked a heated debate in India: Is a sedition law even necessary?

How could that possibly survive judicial scrutiny? Medwed: Well, fortunately, the Sedition Act was repealed just two years after it was promulgated. It was repealed in 1920. But it triggered a raft of ...

Sedition prosecutions in the U.S. have a particularly shameful history. The 1798 Sedition Act was used in a nakedly partisan manner by John Adams's Federalist administration to prosecute ...

The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to “print, utter or publish … any false, scandalous and malicious writing” about the government.

Stand News editor becomes first journalist jailed for sedition in Hong Kong’s history - Chung Pui-kuen has been sentenced to 21 months in prison in a landmark case for Chinese city’s sliding ...

Cartoon depicting congressional debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. (NA) Media reports indicate the Trump Administration may be about to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a tool ...