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Mona Charen on the Feds’ ‘Blueprint’ for College Censorship
FIRE President Greg Lukianoff's op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal takes on the feds' unconstitutional "blueprint" for speech codes that makes nearly every student in America a sexual harasser, but Greg and FIRE aren't the only ones sounding the alarm. Nationally syndicated columnist Mona Charen's recent column ties this latest outrage to the 2011 "Dear Colleague" letter from the Department of Education that slashed due process protections for students accused of sexual misconduct including—guess what!—sexual harassment.
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UK government admits the obvious: Free countries shouldn’t police legal speech
UK scraps “non-crime hate incidents,” but vague rules remain — as similar speech-policing quietly takes shape in the U.S.
Is it safe to use Signal?
The encrypted messaging app Signal is back in the news — and this time, people are asking: Will using it get me arrested?
Finnish Supreme Court fines politician for hate speech over religious pamphlet
From Finland to Hong Kong, governments tighten speech controls: fines, arrests, and surveillance raise global alarms over expression.
VICTORY: School district reverses suspension of student punished over pro-ICE poster
After intervention by FIRE, a California school district has expunged its suspension of a high school junior for putting up a pro-ICE poster.