The state of free expression in China & 'Canceling' in Quillette

This Week in FIRE’s Blog Fursona non grata: Oklahoma lawmaker moves to ban ‘furryism’ in public schools by Greg Gonzalez After FIRE’s intervention, Florida city ditches unconstitutional restrictions on political protests by Aaron Terr Princeton keeps letting students weaponize no-contact orders against student journalists by Jessie Appleby WEBINAR: UCLA’s censorial culture — and how to fix it: This leading university is failing on free speech. But some are paving a better path forward by Talia Barnes FIRE’s First Amendment News A monumental moment in the history of symbolic speech — Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till’s open-casket funeral — First Amendment News 409 by Ronald K. L. Collins FIRE’s ‘So to Speak’ Podcast This ‘So to Speak’ episode from 2018 on The Great Firewall of China explores how the CCP tightly regulates what online content is available to Chinese citizens ‘Canceling’ Update On Wednesday, I joined the radio show ‘Kresta in the Afternoon’ to talk Cancel Culture Last week, I joined The Adam Carolla Show to talk ‘Canceling’ and other news Video of the Week! This week, FIRE Senior Scholar of Global Expression Sarah McLaughlin spoke with Georgetown Law student Jinrey Zhang about his criticism of the Chinese government’s human rights abuses, its repression of free expression, and the consequences of his activism. And keep an eye out for her upcoming book, ‘Authoritarians in the Academy’ — on how authoritarian regimes abroad crack down on free speech on American college campuses — due out early next year from Johns Hopkins University Press. The Eternally Radical Idea © 2024 Greg Lukianoff 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104