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 country’s 250th anniversary of independence is a moment not only for commemoration, but for reckoning. We are living through…
Many, many boards for school districts, community colleges, and public universities, and at least one state, have formal policies that…
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Applaud Permanent Closure of Everglades Detention Center, Cruelly Dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ MIAMI — Immigrants’ rights advocates applaud…
Get your ticketsAmerica’s 250th deserves more than fireworks. It deserves a celebration of the right to free speech that has…
Journalist Michael Balter had been covering the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District for several months when school officials went silent…
How to Fight Deployment of Flock and Other Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers in Your Community
Americans across the country have objected the privacy invasion of the infamous mass surveillance company Flock Safety as a nationwide…
This year, the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, FIRE is proud to present the limited…
Among social media commenters, columnists, and even heads of state, it’s a typical refrain: If we just rid ourselves of that…
ICE agents tracked down Syracuse resident Paigelynne Gonyea on Tuesday, reportedly warning that her Instagram post identifying the ICE agent who…
Imagine your favorite team just scored an incredible, last-second goal at the World Cup. So you log online to celebrate…
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is urging the Federal Communications Commission to find that interviews on ABC’s…
MADISON, Wis., June 25, 2026 — An animal rights student group faces a disciplinary investigation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison…