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FIREside Chats 16: Recent cases of censorship on campus

by

FIRE

November 6, 2018

Recent Articles

FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses press after a United Nations Security Council nuclear non-proliferation meeting at UN Headquarters in New York.

Questions remain after MIT asserts it canceled Pompeo’s speech due to COVID-19 restrictions

January 30, 2023

MIT asserts that COVID-19 restrictions limiting the size of events and the presence of guests necessitated the decision to cancel a speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2020.

Mike Pompeo speaking at 2018 NATO Summit

FIRE investigates allegations MIT canceled Mike Pompeo speech about China

January 27, 2023

Fordham University in Manhattan

Keeping censorship track record alive, Fordham bans RAs from speaking with media

January 27, 2023

Fordham’s claimed commitment to free speech gives student employees the right to speak to the media in a personal capacity. Seems Fordham cares more about good PR at any cost.

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi

Censorship in India exposes the gap between ‘free speech’ and the law

January 26, 2023

Modi's government has suppressed the release of a BBC documentary chronicling his role in the country's 2002 religious riots that resulted in over a thousand deaths.