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'Newsdesk' Has a New Look!
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VICTORY: Jury finds Tennessee high school student’s suspension for sharing memes violated the First Amendment
A Tennessee high school suspended a student after his off-campus posting of satirical Instagram memes about his principal.
DOJ must not investigate elected officials for criticizing immigration enforcement
The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating elected officials for criticizing the administration’s immigration enforcement operations.
FIRE statement on calls to ban X in EU, UK
Senior United Kingdom government officials and members of the European Parliament have threatened to ban the social media platform X in response to a proliferation of sexualized images on the platform.
Another year, another session of AI overregulation
New AI regulations target political speech, anonymity, and access to information — even though existing law already covers real harms.