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, Emily Suski, a law professor and associate dean at the University of South Carolina, was named the next…
As lawmakers kick off the 2026 legislative session, a new and consequential phase in the conversation about free speech and…
In recent days, senior United Kingdom government officials and members of the European Parliament have threatened to ban the social media platform…
A Tennessee high school suspended a student after his off-campus posting of satirical Instagram memes about his principal.FIRE sued, and…
Hours after the FBI searched a Washington Post reporter’s home and seized her electronic devices on Wednesday, the Reporters Committee…
Less than 24 hours after a student senate resolution asking the university to unban Reddit on campus Wi-Fi, the Catholic University…
This essay was originally published in The Washington Examiner on Jan. 14, 2026.If the Islamic Republic of Iran has its…
On Wednesday, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post reporter as part of an…
This essay was originally published in The Dispatch on Jan. 9, 2026.Accounts differ, but sometime between late November and the…
In January, Tanvi Valsangikar joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press as its inaugural Abrams Legal Fellow, a…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon is moving to dock Senator Mark Kelly’s captain rank and retirement pension after Kelly…
Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson has a choice: Drop readings related to race and gender — including ones by…