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Campus views harden after Kirk assassination
UVU moderates and conservatives move against disruptive protest — as liberals grow less tolerant
Dec 2
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Sean Stevens
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Politics of dissent during World War I
When socialists, anarchists, and other political dissidents opposed the war effort, Woodrow Wilson had their movements crushed.
Dec 2
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David L. Hudson Jr.
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If free speech only matters when convenient, it isn’t free at all
How the Charlie Kirk firestorm exposes a growing threat to open debate
Dec 1
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Samuel J. Abrams
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November 2025
Abbott’s blacklist: America’s tradition of branding dissent as treason
The governor of Texas just targeted a nonprofit over speech he doesn’t like.
Nov 26
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Jacob N. Gaba
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You can’t eliminate real-world violence by suing over online speech
With so much of our national conversation taking place online, there’s an almost reflexive tendency to search for online causes — and online solutions …
Nov 25
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Ari Cohn
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The case for treating adults as adults when it comes to AI chatbots
Like the printing press, the telegraph, and the internet before it, artificial intelligence is an expressive tool that can amplify human speech.
Nov 24
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John Coleman
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FIREwire — November 21, 2025
FCC targets BBC, Texas governor calls Muslim groups terrorists, and Trump defends the Saudi crown prince
Nov 21
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theFIREorg
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How Amazon secretly edits art
Legal? Sure. Right? Not without transparency and viewpoint-neutral processes.
Nov 20
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William Harris
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UK university censors human rights research on abuses in China
Plus: Transnational repression shuts down film festival in NYC
Nov 18
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Sarah McLaughlin
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The NO FAKES Act is a real threat to free expression
“NO FAKES” bills claim to promise deepfake fixes, but their restrictions on expression would chill news, history, art, and everyday speech.
Nov 17
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John Coleman
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FIREwire — November 14, 2025
Fighting censorship at Indiana University, a new FIRE poll sets off alarm bells, and five laws to protect free speech.
Nov 14
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theFIREorg
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Three-quarters of Americans say free speech is headed in the wrong direction
A new poll from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression finds that a record number of Americans now believe that freedom of speech in the…
Nov 13
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theFIREorg
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