#FirstAmendment

Adam Thierer, a leading voice on technology policy and free expression, has joined FIRE as a senior fellow.Thierer also serves…

Free speech has long been a cornerstone of democratic society. But today, its principles face increasing pressure. Around the world,…

This article originally appeared in the Dallas Observer on March 9, 2026.On Feb. 16, students and faculty at the University…

First arrests under Queensland’s new hate speech lawTwo protesters were arrested on the first day of Queensland’s ban on the slogan…

The political sphere, and the world more broadly, would probably be a better place if we did away with the…

Spain is no longer just talking about regulating online “hate.” Now it’s building an AI system to track it. Fresh…

“It’s like clockwork. War breaks out. Then come the calls for censorship,” my colleague Nico Perrino warned last week about calls…

FIRE’s Free Speech Dispatch covers new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers…

Raeba Pradhan is a FIRE program associate for legislative and policy.On Feb. 12, a group of Maryland legislators introduced HB 1322,…

When the Trump administration demanded changes to Anthropic’s AI system and backed it up with a threat to seize the…

“They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school,” associate biology professor Allyson Friedman said during a public Zoom…

Atheist and Kurdish-Armenian asylum seeker Hamit Coskun has emerged triumphant from a year-long legal battle after he burned a Quran in…