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'Huffington Post' Slideshow Highlights New Video, Student Defeats of 'Free Speech Zones'
Today in The Huffington Post, FIRE President Greg Lukianoff presents a slideshow of student victories over campus free speech zones. Greg also introduces FIRE’s exciting new video about students who, upon finding that their First Amendment rights were confined to 0.1% of campus, successfully sued the University of Cincinnati and proved yet again that restrictive speech policies have no place on America’s college campuses.
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Carr’s threats to ABC are jawboning any way you slice it
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel hours after FCC Chair Brendan Carr suggested they could face consequences for remarks Kimmel made in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Why our critics’ whataboutery over Jimmy Kimmel is wrong
Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t canceled by a mob — he was silenced after FCC pressure. Critics say we’re inconsistent, but we’ve opposed jawboning and cancel culture for years. This case is no different.
In defense of fiery words
In the wake of political violence, calls to criminalize rhetoric are growing louder. But Brandenburg v. Ohio set the bar — and it’s a high one.
Why RICO can’t be used to punish speech
RICO was meant to take down mob bosses — not protesters with megaphones. When officials try to twist racketeering laws into a cudgel against dissent, they don’t just misapply the law; they chill speech at the core of democracy.