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FIRE’s Summer Internship Program Begins
Starting this week, FIRE’s staff will be joined by six undergraduate interns and three legal interns. We are very excited to have them in the office and anticipate a great eight-week program. Please check The Torch and the CFN blog for posts from our interns.
Recent Articles
FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.

Extortion in plain sight
A baseless lawsuit, FCC strong-arming, an $8 billion merger — and free speech hanging in the balance. Robert Corn-Revere exposes the political pressure campaign that forced CBS to settle a case that never should’ve been filed.

Jailed for basic journalism, Texas reporter takes free speech fight to Supreme Court
When local officials tried to turn journalism into a crime, Priscilla Villarreal refused to back down. Arrested for asking questions, now with FIRE at her side, she’s taking her fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

Speech is not a crime — even if it complicates ICE’s job
Aaron Terr explains why alerting others to law enforcement activity, or reporting on it, is protected by the First Amendment.

FIRE amicus brief: First Amendment bars using schoolkid standards to silence parents' speech
School officials ousted parents for protesting a trans athlete by wearing pink XX wristbands at a soccer game. FIRE explains how the court's decision got things wrong.