Guard Settles Free Speech Lawsuit | Raleigh News

Raleigh News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 1m

A North Carolina National Guard veteran, Timothy Stanhope, is winning his free speech battle after being banned from the Guard’s Facebook page for criticizing leadership and living conditions. The settlement, pending judge approval, restores his access, reinstates his posts, and forces the Guard to rewrite its social media policy to protect viewpoint-based speech. Stanhope’s bold critique — including calling accommodations “third world” — challenged the Guard’s vague censorship rules, and this case could become a landmark precedent for public employees fighting online censorship. Listen in…