J.K. Rowling Is Right to Protest Hate-Speech Laws A new Scottish ban on offensive language is meant to protect vulnerable groups, but history shows that unfettered free speech is a powerful engine ...

Writer J.K. Rowling attends the British premiere of the film, ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,’ in London in 2018. Photo: Reuters ...

J.K. Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" book series, challenged Scotland’s new hate speech law on Monday, and police have declared they will not prosecute the author. Scotland’s new ...

J.K. Rowling was recently caught in a scandal after making insensitive remarks against the queer community. Amid the backlash, her longtime agent Neil Blair has backed the Harry Potter author by ...