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Episode 115: FIRE's Case at Tarrant County College
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FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.

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

Free Speech Forum empowers next generation of First Amendment heroes
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.

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

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