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FIRE’s Free Speech Dispatch covers new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers…
As I write, Solicitor General has just concluded his arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case. I will avoid…
Kinshasa, April 1, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the release of Congolese community radio director Espoir Mbata, who…
In brief Franklin Templeton is acquiring 250 Digital, a CoinFund spinoff, as it builds out its own crypto wing, Franklin…
Today’s guest is the Niskanen Center’s Brink Lindsey, whose connection to Reason magazine goes back decades and who for years…
Berlin, April 1, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Hungarian authorities to immediately drop all espionage charges against investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi,…
In brief Ripple has launched Digital Asset Accounts and Unified Treasury within Ripple Treasury. The firm claims the platform is…
This is the second installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings.…
Josiah Wedgewood’s famous 1787 image created for the antislavery movement. (NA) Much ink has been spilled over the issues at stake…
Hungary has been on our radar for a long time. The prime minister Viktor Orbán is not an autocrat like…
SAN DIEGO, April 1, 2026 — After intervention by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a California school district…
from the merge-ALL-the-things! dept Right wing broadcasters are having a very good time under Brendan Carr, who has looked to…