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FIRE Welcomes Its Undergraduate Summer Interns
Last Monday, seven undergraduates began their work for FIRE's summer internship in the Philadelphia office. FIRE's "Class of 2010" will spend the summer writing, researching, and helping FIRE staffers prepare for the upcoming academic year. In addition to their daily tasks and summer projects, the interns will participate in workshops and seminars with FIRE's staff and leading experts on free speech. Tune in to The Torch as we introduce each of our interns to our supporters and hear from them why they decided to spend their summer defending liberty on campus with FIRE.
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Free speech still reigns, but faces setbacks online
This term, the Supreme Court mostly stood firm in defending the First Amendment — but two decisions show how easily free speech can be sidelined in the name of national security or child protection.

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.