Freedom IndexLegal & Courts
Legal & Courts tracks major cases, rulings, and legislative battles impacting freedom of speech and digital rights. Covering court decisions, lawsuits, and evolving laws, this category provides insights into the legal frameworks shaping expression and censorship around the world.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Committee to Protect Journalists, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and PEN America…
With an act designated as “non-crime,” you might reasonably expect the role for law enforcement to be quite limited. No…
In March, juries in California and New Mexico delivered seminal verdicts holding Meta and YouTube liable for failing to protect…
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A federal judge on Tuesday struck down key parts of President Trump’s executive order last year barring federal funding for…
FIRE’s Free Speech Dispatch covers new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers…
SAN DIEGO, April 1, 2026 — After intervention by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a California school district…
This article originally appeared in the Dallas Observer on March 9, 2026.On Feb. 16, students and faculty at the University…
Imagine you are engaging in the time-honored American tradition of criticizing your local government. You air your complaints on a…
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to provide a documentary film company with a recording…
The future of expression online will in part rest on today’s debates over what age groups can legally use platforms…
More than 100 years ago, Stanford University terminated economics and sociology professor Edward Ross and set in motion a wild…