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FIREwire — March 6, 2026
Coksun wins Quran-burning case, Trump admin threatens Anthropic, Dubai cracks down on speech amid Iran attacks, and TikTok's sale sparks new concerns
Mar 6
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theFIREorg
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By bullying Anthropic, the Pentagon is violating the First Amendment. Here’s why.
When the Trump administration demanded changes to Anthropic’s AI system and backed it up with a threat to seize the system or blacklist the company, the…
Mar 6
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John Coleman
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After a professor's hot-mic racial remarks, Hunter College faces a free speech test
“They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school,” associate biology professor Allyson Friedman said during a public Zoom meeting at Hunter College.
Mar 5
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Zach Greenberg
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Hamit Coskun wins Quran-burning case, but threats to free expression linger in UK
Atheist and Kurdish-Armenian asylum seeker Hamit Coskun has emerged triumphant from a year-long legal battle after he burned a Quran in protest near the…
Mar 5
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Sarah McLaughlin
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Professors are inviting dialogue. That’s not the same as free speech.
I regularly teach a freshman seminar at Sarah Lawrence College.
Mar 4
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Samuel J. Abrams
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The four kinds of Trump voters
Political differences between Trump voters are significant — and will shape the future of the American Right.
Mar 3
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Sean Stevens
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Calls for censorship are a familiar wartime mistake
It’s like clockwork.
Mar 2
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Nico Perrino
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February 2026
FIREwire — February 27, 2026
CUNY professor faces backlash, Pirro drops case against Dems, AdGo talks walkouts
Feb 27
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theFIREorg
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The FTC’s threats against Apple News are baseless
The agency’s intimidation tactics would be frightening if they weren’t ridiculous.
Feb 27
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Angel Eduardo
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Ari Cohn
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Taking ‘black’ out of Black History Month
How new attempts to regulate campus speech at Florida A&M have predictably backfired.
Feb 26
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Robert Shibley
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Six signs of student press censorship
The first step in combatting censorship is recognizing it
Feb 26
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Marie McMullan
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Netflix and…chilled? New UK rules target ‘harmful or offensive’ streaming content
The United Kingdom isn’t just focused on age-gating and regulating what its citizens can see and do on the internet through its Online Safety Act. Now…
Feb 25
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Sarah McLaughlin
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