August
- August 18, 2022, The New York State Senate blocks critics on Twitter. That’s unconstitutional — and FIRE calls on the Senate to knock it off.
- August 15, 2022, Free speech group launches six-figure billboard campaign: ‘Speech about abortion is free speech’
- August 11, 2022, Students sue college president who invented rules to ban conservative flyers
July
- July 28, 2022, Repressive executive order from UNC Chapel Hill student government cuts off funding for pro-life individuals, causes
- July 14, 2022, VICTORY: Art institute reverses expulsion for student who retweeted sexual art
- July 13, 2022, LAWSUIT: Professor sues University of Washington after admins punish him for ‘inappropriate’ opinion
- July 8, 2022, VICTORY: 43 days later, American University finally ends investigation into pro-choice law student
- July 6, 2022, Kansas City Art Institute expels student for retweeting sexual art
June
- June 27, 2022, Callin’ Baton Rouge: New Louisiana laws protect student free speech and due process rights
- June 24, 2022, American University launches bogus harassment investigation into students who criticized leaked Supreme Court abortion ruling in private group chat
- June 23, 2022, Proposed Title IX regulations would roll back essential free speech, due process protections for college students
- June 20, 2022, REPORT: Free speech in peril at West Virginia colleges
- June 6, 2022, FIRE announces $75 million expansion into off-campus free speech advocacy, defense
May
April
- April 22, 2022, FIRE calls on Florida public colleges to push back against unconstitutional ‘Stop WOKE Act’ provisions — and, if necessary, to ignore them
- April 15, 2022, Georgetown’s investigation of a single tweet taking longer than 12 round-trips to the moon
- April 8, 2022, Kentucky governor signs historic, bipartisan campus due process bill into law
March
- March 29, 2022, Study shows just 2% of Michigan students attend a university that respects free speech
- March 22, 2022, VICTORY: Med student prohibited from starting a club promoting universal healthcare reaches settlement with Eastern Virginia Medical School
- March 15, 2022, Fort Lewis College bans ‘hate speech,’ leaving students’ free expression vulnerable
- March 8, 2022, LAWSUIT: A history professor advocated for removing Confederate statues. Then his college fired him.
- March 2, 2022, REPORT: At least 111 professors targeted for their speech in 2021
February
- February 10, 2022, LAWSUIT: FIRE sues Texas university for withholding public records about how it censored a student publication – then took over its editorial independence
- February 8, 2022, VICTORY: Court orders college that muzzled student journalists to adopt sweeping reform to protect student speech and press rights after now-ousted president forbade criticism
- February 7, 2022, FIRE lights the torch with Olympics ad featuring NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom
- February 2, 2022, QUIET CAMPUSES: America’s 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech
January
- January 31, 2022, National FIRE survey: Cancel culture widely viewed as threat to democracy, freedom
- January 27, 2022, LAWSUIT: Professor suspended for redacted slurs in law school exam sues University of Illinois Chicago
- January 25, 2022, VICTORY: Collin College to pay thousands to history professor fired for tweets
- January 19, 2022, Syracuse punishes student for asking man at party if he’s a Canadian sex offender
- January 19, 2022, What the truck? Mobile billboard to criss-cross Boston criticizing Emerson College for censoring students
- January 14, 2022, FIRE launches new national ad campaign highlighting urgency to protect free speech
- January 11, 2022, University of Washington: Professor created ‘toxic environment’ by deviating from university-approved language about Native American land
- January 10, 2022, Citing the ‘harm’ of open discussion, Emory Law’s student government denies recognition to student free speech group