Nico Perrino
@NicoPerrino
Executive Vice President @theFIREorg. Co-Director & Senior Producer @Mighty_Ira_Doc. Host of @freespeechtalk. Opinions my own.
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I'm perhaps biased, but in my humble opinion @JonHaidt > Hilary Duff for a commencement address
As Judge Leon noted, Albanese "did nothing more than speak!" She called for prosecutions related to Israel's conduct in Gaza.
Because of that, the State Department sanctioned her, blocking her from her property and family in America, as well as her bank accounts, health insurance, and even hotel bookings.
She has no authority to authorize prosecutions. Her calls were "nothing more than her opinion," according to Judge Leon.
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Judge overturns US sanctions on UN official who called for war crimes prosecutions over Gaza
Efforts to cancel commencement speakers for wrongthink are common. So common in fact that two decades ago @TheFIREorg took to calling commencement season "disinvation season."
Too often administrations capitulate to these demands by pivoting to speakers or ceremonies so bland that they become banal. And by rewarding the cancelers, they incentivize more cancelation demands.
Fortunately, @nyuniversity isn't backing down.
We've found that when universities state unequivocal commitments like this, the demands peter out.
It's when you equivocate, or try to please everyone, that cancelation voices grow louder.
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NYU professor @JonHaidt, who has stood at the forefront of the movement to challenge academia’s culture of suppressing the free exchange of ideas, is facing a campaign to cancel his graduation address.
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The American Revolution wasn’t just fought in public, it was planned in private.
The Founders knew public dissent depends on private space. That logic still holds today.
No privacy → no organizing
No organizing → no accountability
No accountability → no democracy
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It seems they wish to prove him right.
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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Down the ages, new ways to communicate spark moral panics. With social media and AI, is history repeating itself?
On a new @TechPolicyPdcst, @corbinkbarthold speaks at a @TheFIREorg Free Speech Future event with @kmele, @NicoPerrino, & @CJFerguson1111.
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I love how @NicoPerrino repeats the power lines.
Your audience is constantly tuning in and out, drifting off and coming back. Repetition helps get your most important ideas into their heads.
If faced with an unknown future, I think America must be a country that errs on the side of freedom when balancing risks.
My brief closing remarks at @TheFIREorg's latest Free Speech Future event:
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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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This is a dream role for any lawyer interested in tech and free speech, and who wants to work across litigation, legislative & policy, and communications.
.@TheFIREorg is hiring!
Lead Counsel, Tech and Free Expression Policy
This person will lead FIRE's strategy for ensuring free speech protections apply to emerging communications technologies.
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Few jobs as important right now in tech policy as this one
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. 👉
.@TheFIREorg is hiring!
Lead Counsel, Tech and Free Expression Policy
This person will lead FIRE's strategy for ensuring free speech protections apply to emerging communications technologies.
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@RebelEconProf I can’t think of a better way to America-Max than joining @glukianoff @NicoPerrino and @TheFIREorg at Soapbox 26 in Philadelphia. 💪🇺🇸🚀
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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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At long last, are these networks starting to find their backbone?
Breaking News: ABC accused the U.S. government of violating the First Amendment in a dispute with the FCC over “The View.” The network’s argument is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a TV network toward the Trump administration.
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My wife and I are wondering what happened to the steak and lobster for 2,600 ppl that never got served at last night’s #WHCD#?
