profane language

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Under the First Amendment, anyone in the U.S. has the right to engage in peaceful protest, which can include yelling, using profane language, videotaping officers and following them in a car, legal experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Hoyer, through a spokeswoman, said he did not recall the exchange nor using profane language.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2020

Among Facebook’s other labeling projects, one worker in Hyderabad for outsourcing vendor Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp said he and at least 500 colleagues look for sensitive topics or profane language in Facebook videos.

From Reuters • May 6, 2019

Meanwhile, The Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra pointed out that Acosta isn’t the first CNN employee to use profane language on Twitter.

From Fox News • Oct. 19, 2018

Here Ketchum's face expressed unutterable astonishment, and the Justice, as if scandalized at the proposition, interrupted the counsel, and told him he hoped he did not mean to justify profane language.

From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill