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.
“They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school,” associate biology professor Allyson Friedman said during a public Zoom…
Atheist and Kurdish-Armenian asylum seeker Hamit Coskun has emerged triumphant from a year-long legal battle after he burned a Quran in…
An Indiana judge has ruled that the Indiana Department of Correction violated the state public records law when it refused…
Hamit Coskun secures important victory against UK prosecutors, but threats to free expression linger
Atheist and Kurdish-Armenian asylum seeker Hamit Coskun has emerged triumphant from a year-long legal battle after he burned a Quran in…
This column was originally published in the Hoosier State Press Association’s March 2026 newsletter. Every year, journalists, lawmakers, and freedom…
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is expanding its Local Legal Initiative to Louisiana, Mississippi, Minnesota, and Michigan…
It’s like clockwork. War breaks out. Then come the calls for censorship.After the war with Iran began over the weekend,…
This essay was originally published in The Dispatch on Feb. 26, 2026.“The FTC is not the speech police,” FTC Chairman…
This week, the Federal Trade Commission released a policy statement incentivizing additional data collection of American citizens when using the internet.The…
This essay was originally published in The Dispatch on Feb. 26, 2026.“The FTC is not the speech police,” FTC Chairman…
Imagine black law students at a historically black college or university being told to take the word “black” out of…
A new analysis of U.S. government records published by The Guardian found that the vast majority of people who were…