AFROMAN—AMERICAN PATRIOT: Thin-skinned police, rap videos and pound cake aside, this ridiculous saga is also seriously inspiring.

“AFROMAN WILL BRING IT TO YA”: Afroman reminds the world that that you can mock power without fear in this country, because we are a free people.

COME FOR THE LATEST ‘GREG ON THE RUN’ NOW WITH NEW ORIGINAL MUSIC & GRAPHICS!: Stay to learn why I, a co-author of ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’ oppose age verification laws & all the other latest, breaking free speech news!

COME FOR THE BEST ADVICE I’VE EVER RECEIVED: Stay for the video profile of my mentor, the great civil libertarian and FIRE co-founder, Harvey Silverglate.

‘PICK YOUR TEN: THE BEST ADVICE I EVER GOT IN MY LIFE: I used to think FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate’s wise words were only useful for people trapped in the middle of the culture war. But now we all are, so they’re useful for everyone.

THE PENTAGON’S ANTHROPIC ULTIMATUM AND THE CASE FOR THE ‘SEPARATION OF POWER AND TRUTH’: Once the state gets its grubby mitts on the operating system for knowledge, the downstream damage is to reality itself.

W, X… WHY? EU PLATFORM IS MISGUIDED AT BEST, SINISTER AT WORST: The announcement of an exciting new homegrown social media platform on the continent that leads in censorship innovation should be greeted with skepticism from a free speech perspective.

UK POLICE SHOW UP AT A VETERAN’S HOME FOR SHARING A MEME AND ARREST HIM: Bold enforcement of “grossly offensive” online speech chills debate and treats discomfort as a crime.

BRITISH POLICE ARREST COMMENTATOR COOKING DINNER OVER A FEUD — SEIZING FAMILY DEVICES: When mild dispute spills into criminal investigation, free expression is already lost.

NORWAY INVESTIGATES A LESBIAN FOR SAYING “MEN CAN’T BE LESBIANS” ON FACEBOOK: Fear of prosecution for stating biological reality shrinks the space for honest discourse.

SWISS AUTHOR SENT TO JAIL FOR BASIC SEX DIFFERENCE COMMENT ON FACEBOOK:
Jailing someone for a scientific observation weaponizes the law against dissent.

6 YEARS IN COURT FOR QUOTING THE BIBLE: Twice acquitted Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen is still fighting charges for citing Romans 1 in criticism of her church’s LGBTQ support because prosecutors won’t give up.

PROSECUTED FOR INSULTING A RAPIST: In Germany, a woman was jailed for calling a convicted rapist a “disgraceful rapist pig” via WhatsApp while the rapist walked free.

WHERE ‘HATE SPEECH’ CENSORSHIP IS EVEN WORSE THAN ON U.S. CAMPUSES: Speech restrictions backed by government power in the E.U. and Britain are reaching ludicrous levels.

THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS FOR CAMPUS FREE SPEECH: My latest for The Dispatch looks at how the biggest threat to speech used to come from within higher ed, but now it’s the government.

THANK YOU! Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to FIRE after reading my most recent post. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!

DEFENDING OUR ‘TERRIBLE BUSINESS MODEL’: As we come to the end of a challenging year, supporting FIRE’s nonpartisan defense of free speech is more important than ever.

SPEAKING AT THE SITE OF A MURDER: My speech at Utah Valley University — and why America must not become like everybody else

PRINCETON PRESIDENT MISUNDERSTANDS FIRE DATA—AND CAMPUS FREE SPEECH: “In his new book Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right, Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber reports on FIRE’s data on free speech and First Amendment norms on campus while making no effort to understand it and misusing the data of others.”

HOW TARGETING SCHOLARS FOR SPEECH LEAVES LASTING SCARS: Almost a third of all the scholars we surveyed said they are now less likely to express views like the ones for which they were targeted, and many say they now speak more cautiously with faculty, administrators, and even students.

AAUP: VIEWPOINT DIVERSITY IS A MAGA PLOT: Adam Goldstein, Sam Abrams, & I dismantle this out of touch and wrongheaded idea.

IS HIGHER ED EVEN INTERESTED IN REFORM: A new featured article by the AAUP calls viewpoint diversity anathema to academic freedom. Where to even begin?

I JUST DISCOVERED PROFESSOR-IN-EXILE JASON STANLEY RESPONDED TO THIS ARTICLE CLAIMING IT’S “BOTH-SIDES-ING FASCISM”: No, it calls him out for not giving a damn about academic freedom, just his and his own side’s self-interest.