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2011 Speech Codes Report Featured in 'The Huffington Post'
The Huffington Post writes this morning on FIRE's newest report, Spotlight on Speech Codes 2011: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation's Campuses, noting the study's findings on how vague restrictions on speech and broad anti-harassment policies at two-thirds of American universities seriously threaten First Amendment rights on campus.
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FIRE statement on FCC approval of Skydance-Paramount acquisition
The FCC has no business dictating the editorial choices of media outlets or conditioning merger approval on the viewpoints a network chooses to air.
The mercenary spyware industry is a menace to global free expression
As authoritarian regimes weaponize commercial spyware to silence critics, a booming mercenary surveillance industry thrives in the shadows — and even democracies aren’t immune.
Smile for the surveillance state
With mask bans spreading across college campuses, Nora Mitchell explores how these policies are eroding academic freedom.
FIRE statement on Columbia University's settlement with Trump administration
On July 24, 2025, Columbia University announced that it reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore federal funding that was revoked over allegations of its handling of anti-Semitism on campus.