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The verdicts against social media companies in California and New Mexico over the past two days reveal a disturbing trend: Americans are…

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

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

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

This week, the Federal Trade Commission released a policy statement incentivizing additional data collection of American citizens when using the internet.The…

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

We have a jawboning problem in New York City.Brad Hoylman-Sigal, the president of Manhattan borough, just wrote a letter demanding…

Last Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced an investigation into Signal group chats that Minnesotans are using to track ICE activity.…

One year into Trump 2.0, we examine the administration’s record on free speech and how it compares to the president’s…

This essay was originally published in The Free Press on Jan. 21, 2026. Three days later, ICE agents shot and…

This essay was originally published in The Washington Examiner on Jan. 14, 2026.If the Islamic Republic of Iran has its…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon is moving to dock Senator Mark Kelly’s captain rank and retirement pension after Kelly…