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We defend and promote free speech for all Americans in our courtrooms, on our campuses, and in our culture.
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Joseph McCarthy’s crusade against Communists in the 1950s launched one of America’s most notorious witch hunts.
His name became a warning: McCarthyism.
The Second Red Scare reminds us that freedom depends on due process, dissent, and the right to speak without fear.
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Free speech news is not exactly slow these days.
Join @theFIREorg’s monthly member call Friday, May 15 at 12 pm ET. I’ll be joining @acglennon, @WillatFIRE, & @NicoPerrino to discuss the latest headlines, and FIRE’s work defending free expression.
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awesome opportunity to work with @TheFIREorg and help lead the fight to ensure free speech is protected in the age of AI and advanced computation. 👉
Free expression defines a free society.
As America inches toward 250 years, the ideas that built it are still being tested in real time.
ABC's refusal to quietly allow the federal government to dictate the range of viewpoints it may air without fear of retaliation is welcome and commendable. The Federal Communications Commission is not and cannot become the nation's censor-in-chief, as its Chairman once recognized.
The First Amendment will protect the private institutions that fight back against the executive branch's speech policing. FIRE will fight to keep the government from deciding for us what we are free to say, see, and hear.
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