Last year, the Florida Department of Education sent a memorandum to school districts about a new state law governing school library materials.

The only problem?

The memo interprets the law to be far more restrictive than it actually is. In response, school libraries around the

Today, @theFIREorg urged Meta's Oversight Board to uphold Meta's decision to leave up Facebook posts containing the phrase 'From the river to the sea.'

Banning political speech on one of the most hotly contested issues of our time would be inconsistent with Meta's stated

What are your rights when it comes to protesting on a college campus? What forms of protest are protected? What's not?

Thankfully, FIRE keeps our receipts—explaining your civil liberties in times of unrest. Check out our College Protest FAQs to learn more
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ICYMI: My latest Free Speech Dispatch at FIRE covers rulings in Hong Kong and Australia that threaten the global internet, Thailand's awful lese-majeste law, and a slew of arrests and violence against so-called blasphemers. thefire.org/news/blogs/fre…

An Alabama driver has been ordered to apologize to a police officer or face 30 days in jail for telling the officer ‘get your ass out of the way.’

✨ Swearing at police is protected by the First Amendment, even when it hurts their feelings. ✨

Want to host an event on the Town Green in Enfield, CT?

Good luck with that—you’ll need a $1M insurance policy even to be considered. Doesn’t matter if only one or one hundred show up.

Talk about unconstitutional.
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The NYPD’s aggressive escalation yesterday in Bay Ridge was a violation of NYers’ right to speak out + risks chilling political expression. NYCLU protest monitors witnessed violent arrests, protestor injuries + even arrests of credentialed members of the press. 

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Cancel culture isn’t some fluke. How we respond to censorship today will impact how we think and express ourselves tomorrow. That’s why FIRE defends free speech.

Always have, always will.

In the marketplace of ideas, truth emerges through speech — the free and open exchange of thoughts — not censorship.

Video obtained by @theFIREorg: After Gov. Abbott's executive order targeting student demonstrators, UT San Antonio administrators filmed themselves telling students that if they chant 'from the river to the sea,' they will be reported to law enforcement.