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VIDEO: 'Feds Push Insane New Speech Codes!' Greg on ReasonTV
Lots of people are (rightly) concerned about the new speech code “blueprint” that the Departments of Education and Justice set down last week. In the latest coverage of this dangerous federal mandate, Reason’s Matt Welch sat down with FIRE President Greg Lukianoff to ask why exactly this letter is so bad. Greg’s answer? “It is so broad that it turns every single student and every single faculty member on campus, at least arguably, into harassers.” Check out the video below and on Reason.com!
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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.