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.

10 YEARS AFTER ‘THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND’: WHAT WE WARNED, WHAT HAPPENED, AND WHAT’S STILL AT STAKE: Guess how teaching kids the habits of anxious and depressed people turned out?

FIVE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM FIRE’S 2026 COLLEGE FREE SPEECH RANKINGS—RELEASED TODAY! Claremont McKenna reclaims the top spot, Barnard and Columbia bring up the rear, and a troubling trend regarding violence continues.

WHEN IT COMES TO FREE SPEECH, THE U.S. LIVES IN CONSTANT FEAR OF BECOMING THE U.K.: Adam Goldstein’s & my latest piece puts the Graham Linehan arrest in perspective w/ the full-blown free speech crisis in the U.K.

EXACT NUMBERS ARE HARD TO COME BY, BUT THE U.S. PROBABLY ARRESTS ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR SPEECH EVERY YEAR TO FILL THREE OR FOUR SOCCER—SORRY…FOOTBALL—TEAM ROSTERS: Meanwhile, at a fraction of our size, the U.K. arrested enough people last year to fill a small premier league stadium.

YES, THE U.K. REALLY IS THAT BAD FOR FREE SPEECH: Graham Linehan’s arrest shines a light on a shameful British problem.

THE NYT AND RE-LITIGATING THE CHRISTAKIS-YALE AFFAIR: It was never about halloween costumes, but rather about admin overreach and the infantilizing of adult college students.