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Free Speech Forum empowers next generation of First Amendment heroes

July 17, 2025

A week of dialogue, debate, and discovery, this year’s forum united students from across the country to explore free expression and build lasting connections.

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Supreme Court case upholding age-verification for online adult content newly references 'partially protected speech,' gives it lesser First Amendment scrutiny

July 14, 2025

In FSC v. Paxton, the Court lowers First Amendment protections for adult sites, upholding Texas’ age-verification law and coining a new category — “partially protected speech.”

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All that glitters is not gold: A brief history of efforts to rebrand social media censorship

July 11, 2025

Lawmakers are rebranding online speech regulations as child safety or consumer protection, but the First Amendment isn’t fooled. This piece unpacks the censorship hiding behind the spin.

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Missouri governor signs legislation securing students’ rights to freely associate on campus

July 10, 2025

A new law protects campus groups’ freedom to set their own membership rules — affirming students don’t leave the First Amendment at the campus gate.

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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast takes an uncensored look at the world of free expression through the law, philosophy, and stories that define your right to free speech. Hosted by ��֭��'s Nico Perrino.

New episodes post every other Thursday.

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Tech check -- AI moratorium, Character AI lawsuit, FTC, Digital Services Act, and FSC v. Paxton

July 10, 2025

We're checking in on the latest news in tech and free speech. We cover the state AI regulation moratorium that failed in Congress, the ongoing Character A.I. lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission's consent decree with Omnicom and Interpublic...

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Purdue fails its own test on institutional neutrality

July 9, 2025

Purdue claimed neutrality — until a student paper challenged it. But pressuring the paper to change its name is not neutrality. It’s censorship.

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Extortion in plain sight

July 7, 2025

FIREattorney Robert Corn-Revere exposes the political pressure campaign that forced CBS to settle a case that never should’ve been filed.

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Jailed for basic journalism, Texas reporter takes free speech fight to Supreme Court

July 7, 2025

When local officials tried to turn journalism into a crime, Priscilla Villarreal refused to back down and is taking her fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

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Speech is not a crime — even if it complicates ICE’s job

July 3, 2025

Aaron Terr explains why alerting others to law enforcement activity, or reporting on it, is protected by the First Amendment.