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FIREwire — August 1, 2025
Grok lands itself in hot water, Spotify faces probe over Joe Rogan, and Florida lawmaker threatens school funding over Hulk Hogan insult
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July 2025
Say it with a song
The legacy of the late Tom Lehrer, satire's sweetest assassin
Jul 31
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Angela Erickson
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Will free expression make a comeback at Haverford College?
Once a beacon of principled protest, Haverford has drifted astray. But proposed changes could restore a lost legacy.
Jul 29
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William Harris
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The mercenary spyware industry is a menace to global free expression
As a growing sector cashes in on selling surveillance software to dictators, freedom of speech has never been more vulnerable.
Jul 28
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Eli Kronenberg
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FIREwire — July 25, 2025
Trump bans 'woke AI,' Columbia coughs up $200 million, and 'War on Words' hits bookshelves
Jul 25
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FIREwire — July 25, 2025
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Smile for the surveillance state
How mask bans are eroding academic freedom
Jul 24
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Nora Mitchell
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Turkish police arrested magazine staff over a Muhammad cartoon. But it doesn’t actually depict the prophet.
Plus: Bob Vylan's transatlantic controversy
Jul 23
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Sarah McLaughlin
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Free speech still reigns, but faces setbacks online
SCOTUS rulings on TikTok and online age-checks highlight the danger of vague fears over national security and child safety
Jul 22
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JT Morris
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FIREwire — July 18, 2025
Trump threatens to sue the Wall Street Journal, Texas reporter asks SCOTUS to revisit her arrest for doing journalism, federal court okays banning CRT
Jul 18
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FIREwire — July 18, 2025
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Purdue fails its own test on institutional neutrality
In June 2024, the Purdue University Board of Trustees boldly declared that Purdue does not take sides on the leading, and often contentious, issues of…
Jul 14
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Ross Marchand
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FIREwire — July 11, 2025
Federal court reviews Trump deportations, charges dropped against Latino journalist in Atlanta, and Mahmoud Khalil sues for $20M
Jul 11
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Speech is not a crime — even if it complicates ICE’s job
While I was driving down I-95 yesterday, a notification popped up on Google Maps: “Police ahead.” I eased my foot off the gas.
Jul 10
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Aaron Terr
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