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‘Red Light, Green* Light’
Check out Scott L. Glabe’s insightful analysis in The Dartmouth Review of FIRE’s decision to upgrade Dartmouth College’s speechcodes.org rating.
I was also pleased they chose to end the article with a quote from a favorite FIRE alum:
“In the end, let’s not forget: today, Dartmouth is closer to having a healthy respect for free speech than it has been for many, many years,” former Review staffer and FIRE employee Emmett Hogan ’01 wrote. “This is undoubtedly cause for celebration.”
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (of protected speech)
The FBI is probing Signal chats that track ICE activity — without evidence of a crime. That’s not law enforcement. It’s a First Amendment problem.