FIRE and the Student Press Law Center led a coalition of 15 press freedom organizations calling on Dartmouth and the Hanover, New Hampshire Prosecutor’s Office to drop the charges.
A journalist was thrown in a Texas jail for doing her job. Years later and still seeking justice, she is taking her case to the Supreme Court with the help of FIRE.
In an amicus—or “friend of the court”—brief written by the University of Denver’s Animal Activist Legal Defense Project, FIRE joined with PETA, Animal Outlook, and a number of constitutional law professors to argue that secret recordings are essential to news gathering and a free press.
Doxxing generally refers to the intentional release of an individual’s personal identifying information without the person’s permission, usually with the intent to retaliate or intimidate.
In a speedy victory for FIRE and the Anti-Defamation League, Princeton amended its no-contact order policy on Jan. 26 to conform to parameters we recommended in our joint letter sent the day before.