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.
With so much of our national conversation taking place online, there’s an almost reflexive tendency to search for online causes…
For many people, artificial intelligence chatbots make daily life more efficient. AI can manage calendars, compose messages, and provide quick…
A federal court has once again vindicated FIRE’s longstanding concerns with the Trump administration’s unlawful and unconstitutional approach to enforcing Title VI…
ALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J., Nov. 20, 2025 — A local school board member’s Facebook post to community members about a tax…
A 61-year-old Tennessee man is finally free after spending a shocking 37 days in jail — all for posting a…
The University of Kentucky suspended tenured professor Ramsi Woodcock in July for his comments about Israel. Now, Woodcock is suing…
Amazon removed several James Bond posters last month after fans noticed that Bond’s iconic Walther PPK pistol had been airbrushed…
Last year, FIRE launched the Free Speech Dispatch, a regular series covering new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the…
In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, lawmakers across the country responded by passing laws…
A judge has ordered the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to release all police body-worn camera and dashboard camera footage capturing…
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Late last month, the student chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine at George Mason University posted a video on a…