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.
Last week, journalist Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket published a story that revealed what happened when Trump administration officials —…
“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…
“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…