Freedom IndexCampus & Education
Campus & Education examines how free speech and censorship debates play out in schools, universities, and academic institutions. From campus protests to classroom policies, this category explores the challenges, opportunities, and evolving standards of expression in educational environments.
Governments around the world have increasingly sought to regulate online speech well beyond their borders.If global platforms are forced to…
This essay was originally published by UnHerd on March 16, 2026.Over the weekend, the federal government threatened to effectively censor…
Spain is no longer just talking about regulating online “hate.” Now it’s building an AI system to track it. Fresh…
Brendan Carr’s authoritarian warning — that networks risk their broadcasting licenses for Iran war reporting that the government doesn’t like…
Gail Nazarene, an elected school board member in New Jersey, thought she was performing her duties as a public servant…
Another week, another instance of Texas censorship. Administrators forced assistant history professor Aaron George to alter his course content not…
“It’s like clockwork. War breaks out. Then come the calls for censorship,” my colleague Nico Perrino warned last week about calls…
Several stories have put government power over speech and technology back in the spotlight.In this episode, we break down the…
FIRE’s Free Speech Dispatch covers new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers…
Last night, FIRE filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. District Court of Northern California arguing the Department of War’s…
Raeba Pradhan is a FIRE program associate for legislative and policy.On Feb. 12, a group of Maryland legislators introduced HB 1322,…
When the Trump administration demanded changes to Anthropic’s AI system and backed it up with a threat to seize the…