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Ithaca’s Common Council will vote tomorrow on a ban of Cornell students’ right to assemble

Source: FIRE on X This ban goes far beyond preventing misconduct, and broadly burdens all protected protests, rallies, and gatherings. The result is self-defeating. Cornell…

freespeechnewsNovember 1, 2026

Government Censorship Protest, Dissent & Political Repression

Victory in ADC case: Pacheco v. City of Miami Beach

Source: Jenin Younes on X— The Mayor sent police to veteran Raquel Pacheco's house because she had criticized the Mayor's dehumanizing rhetoric against Palestinians on…

freespeechnewsOctober 17, 2026

facade of the US Treasury building, with four columns underneath the title

Government Censorship Privacy Laws Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

Tech collective labeled “Specially Designated Global Terrorist“

Source: Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub — On August 26th 2026, the US government went after one of the last remnants of the free internet. In…

freespeechnewsOctober 10, 2026

computer screen with lots of pop ups that says 'blocked'

AI & the Future of Information Censorship Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

New US bill would let courts order VPNs to block websites

Source: Reclaim the Net — A US congressman has introduced a bill that, if it becomes law, will write into US statute the ability of…

freespeechnewsOctober 6, 2026

front door of 10 Downing Street in London, the residence of the Prime Minister

AI & the Future of Information Censorship Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

Disinformation is back

Source: Ben Graham on X — Andy Burnham and his Labour party clearly seem to be moving towards classifying anything that doesn’t line up with…

freespeechnewsOctober 3, 2026

Platforms, Algorithms & Online Gatekeepers Press Freedom Privacy Laws Protest, Dissent & Political Repression Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

Federal GRANITE Act targets foreign censorship orders in US

Source: Reclaim the Net — Foreign censors have discovered that sending threatening emails to US platforms is cheap. Michael Rulli’s bill is designed to make…

freespeechnewsOctober 1, 2026

Media Platforms Protest, Dissent & Political Repression

Judge rules Trump admin cannot punish noncitizens for protected speech

Source: Quinn Welsch on Courthouse News— The judge’s decision was the first in the country to rule on the constitutionality of these statutes. "This…

freespeechnewsSeptember 21, 2026

Censorship Foreign Policy Government Censorship

Glenn Greenwald cites one of free speech’s greatest statutory threats

Source: Glenn Greenwald on X— An Australian judge calls out the IHRA definition "as verbose, imprecise and detached from reality." The wildly expansive definition…

freespeechnewsSeptember 15, 2026

Foreign Policy Middle East News Abroad War

Human Rights Watch doesn’t have a single Palestine researcher

Source: Zo Brown on X — The entire "Israel/Palestine" team quit in disgust, due to censorship of their reports. Human Rights Watch doesn't have…

freespeechnewsAugust 7, 2026

Censorship Media Platforms

Trump administration subpoenas NY Times journalists in grand jury leak probe tied to Air Force One report

Source: Fox News — The New York Times gets hauled into court for journalism. The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of…

freespeechnewsJuly 22, 2026