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Silverglate Interview in ‘Princeton Alumni Weekly’
Check out the nice interview with FIRE cofounder Harvey Silverglate in this month’s Princeton Alumni Weekly: “Liberty has to transcend political viewpoints or it’s meaningless, it’s worthless.” Well said, Harvey.
Recent Articles
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UNC Chapel Hill’s students dabbled in satire. Now the university is investigating.
UNC condemns student satire as “offensive.” But at a public university, even bad jokes are protected speech — and punishing them chills everyone.
French bill would criminalize ‘from the river to the sea’
Governments worldwide tighten speech controls — from new hate laws to arrests, censorship, and digital crackdowns.
FIRE statement on the government’s attempts to unmask Reddit critic
The federal government is ordering Reddit to appear before a grand jury in connection with the anonymous speech of a user who criticized the Trump administration's deportation efforts.
How silencing medical debates puts patients at risk
When medical debates are silenced then students learn less — and patients pay the price.