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 city commission of Emporia, Kansas, has endured countless hours of public criticism. What it could not endure was a…
This post originally appeared in The Nuance, the Reporters Committee’s newsletter on legal and policy issues at the forefront of…
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A news media coalition, represented by Reporters Committee Indiana-based attorney Kris Cundiff, is raising concerns about what it calls an…
UMass Dartmouth recently rescinded the student newspaper adviser’s contract, and student journalists suspect the decision is part of a broader effort…
When Ben Mueller started searching for news in California’s Marin County, he immediately thought of Jeffrey Epstein. He figured America’s third-richest county…
PHILADELPHIA, July 30, 2026 — U.S. colleges are increasingly eliminating or narrowing restrictive speech codes, continuing an encouraging trend that…
Caroline Cunningham is a rising junior at the University of Alabama, where she is majoring in legal history on the pre-law…
SEBRING, Fla., July 29, 2026 — In a story stranger than fiction, a Florida college fired an English professor for nothing…
The Reporters Committee is urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject petitions seeking to deny the renewal of Disney’s broadcast…
This is part of a weekly series on AI and free speech.If you follow politics, you’ve probably seen an ad…
Michelle Liao is a rising senior at the University of Michigan studying psychology and political science.Last summer, a former student…