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We defend and promote free speech for all Americans in our courtrooms, on our campuses, and in our culture.

Philadelphia and Washington

Joined December 2008

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Jun 11
Government officials can’t legally censor protected speech, but they can strong-arm private parties into doing it for them. That’s called jawboning, and it violates your First Amendment rights. We’re supporting the JAWBONE Act to stop that coercion.
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The fight over American slavery was also a fight over free speech. When Congress tried to silence anti-slavery petitions through the gag rule, abolitionists like John Quincy Adams fought not just for emancipation, but for the right to be heard.
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Aaron Terr
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Jun 15
The @TampaSportsAuth made the right call by refusing to pull Ye's shows. A public venue can't cancel a performance just because officials disagree with the artist's views or past remarks. Once you open that door, no performer is safe.
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Jun 15
'DO THE RIGHT THING': Sen. Rick Scott spoke at the Florida Holocaust Museum on Monday to demand that Kanye West not be allowed to perform in Tampa. wfla.com/news/hillsboro…
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Montgomery County Public Schools, the 16th-largest school district in the country, released a memo requiring sweeping prior review of all student publications. Now, with our support, over 100 student journalists and advisers across the district are pushing back.
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MCPS’s memo would stop headlines before they ever reach the page, and gives administrators power over content protected by Maryland’s New Voices Act. 🔗: mdcspa.org/new-voices-act…
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With our help, these students are urging MCPS to return to its prior policy and reaffirm that student journalists, not administrators, decide what appears in student media, as Maryland law already guarantees. Our work here is far from over.
An Open Letter to Montgomery County Public Schools, June 12, 2026
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Sarah McLaughlin
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Jun 15
People *need* to understand this: the under-16 bans hit adults too. Whether you’re 15 or 55, your ability to speak freely and anonymously online is at risk. This. Isn’t. Just. About. Teens.
Polymarket
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Jun 15
JUST IN: UK Government clarifies adults will still be able to use social media by verifying their identities with digital IDs, facial recognition, passports and credit cards.
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Jun 15
STATEMENT: Late last week, the federal government imposed export controls on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models, citing national security concerns. The government action reportedly bans Anthropic from allowing foreign governments, foreign companies,
Anthropic
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Jun 13
The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of
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Jun 15
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Statement on shutdown of Anthropic's Fable and Mythos
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Jun 14
An open society means trusting people with hard truths, foreign ideas, and competing values. That’s the test of free expression.
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Jun 14
Free speech is sustained by the people who choose to fight for it. We’re seeking a Philanthropy Officer to strengthen relationships with existing supporters and engage new free speech defenders across the country.
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Jun 14
This role is centered on ensuring our mission to defend free expression continues to reach and resonate with supporters nationwide. Apply today!
Philanthropy Officer
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Jun 13
This week in free speech: 👉 Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden introduce the bipartisan JAWBONE Act 👉 Illinois’ new budget imposes a first-of-its-kind tax on social media platforms 👉 American Diabetes Association ejects researchers for sharing an editorial from its own journal
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Jun 13
Catch the latest in this week’s FIREwire. ⬇️
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FIREwire — June 12, 2026
The fight to end jawboning, a tax on social media, and the 811-year-old case for limiting power
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