News Desk Archives - The Future of Free Speech

The Future of Free Speech Urges FCC to Reject Efforts to Label LGBTQ Content with a Parental Warning

Posted on 05.21.202605.21.2026 by Justin Hayes in Featured News, First Amendment, News, News Desk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2026 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Future of Free Speech has submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission, warning that a recent FCC inquiry into television programming involving “gender identity themes” and “gender identity issues” raises serious constitutional concerns, including vagueness, viewpoint discrimination, and compelled speech. The filing responds to […]

Digital Rights Expert Farzaneh Badiei Joins The Future of Free Speech as Senior Research Fellow

Posted on 04.13.202604.13.2026 by Justin Hayes in News, News Desk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nashville, TN — April 13, 2026 — The Future of Free Speech is pleased to announce that Farzaneh Badiei, a leading expert in Internet governance and digital rights, is joining the organization as a Senior Research Fellow. Badiei will lead a new project on digital sovereignty — examining how the growing push […]

New Book Calls for a Global Recommitment to Free Speech as Democracies Retreat

Posted on 04.07.202604.10.2026 by Justin Hayes in Featured News, Free Speech Book, Global Free Speech, News, News Desk

Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff argue that protecting free expression—rather than restricting it—is essential to democracy’s survival April 7, 2026 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As governments across the world tighten controls on speech in the name of combating disinformation, hate speech, and political extremism, a new book from leading free speech scholars warns that democracies […]

2025 Year in Review

Posted on 12.18.202512.18.2025 by The Future of Free Speech in Featured News, News, News Desk

As 2025 comes to a close, The Future of Free Speech team wants to thank you for making this year its most productive yet. At a time when both the legal foundations and the culture of free expression face mounting pressure worldwide, your support helped produce timely, independent work that brought much-needed clarity to an […]

The Future of Free Speech Hosts Expert Roundtable on Generative AI and Free Expression at Örebro University

Posted on 12.16.202501.12.2026 by Justin Hayes in AI, News, News Desk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ÖREBRO, Sweden — December 16, 2025 — As generative AI becomes increasingly embedded in daily life, it is paramount that it protects the ability to speak, question, and share freely. Otherwise, it risks restricted or biased outputs corroding the public discourse on which democracy relies. On December 1, 2025, The Future of […]

New Report: AI Laws and Chatbots Face A Global Free Speech Test

Posted on 10.17.202510.17.2025 by Justin Hayes in AI, Digital Regulation, Featured News, Global Free Speech, News, News Desk, Online Content Moderation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW REPORT: AI LAWS AND CHATBOTS FACE A GLOBAL FREE SPEECH TEST Study ranks countries’ AI policies and leading chatbots by how they handle lawful but controversial speech NASHVILLE, Tenn. — October 17, 2025 — Does your chatbot respond to prompts about controversial topics — or dodge them? That’s one of the […]

The Future of Free Speech Urges Missouri AG to Withdraw Unconstitutional Social Media Regulation

Posted on 07.14.2025 by Justin Hayes in Digital Regulation, Featured News, First Amendment, News, News Desk, Online Content Moderation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASHVILLE, Tenn. — July 14, 2025 — A sweeping new rule proposed by the Missouri Attorney General would turn state regulators into online speech overseers, warns The Future of Free Speech in a public comment submitted Monday. The rule, labeled as a consumer protection measure, in fact mandates ideological balance in content […]

A Gift Honoring David Boaz Will Advance The Future of Free Speech

Posted on 05.27.202505.27.2025 by The Future of Free Speech in News, News Desk

Photo by Gage Skidmore In memory of David Boaz (Vanderbilt Class of 1975), former Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute, The Future of Free Speech is honored to receive a generous gift that will further its mission to promote and protect free expression worldwide. Mr. Boaz, author of The Libertarian Mind, was a strong […]

The Future of Free Speech Urges FTC to Stay Within Constitutional Bounds on Content Moderation

Posted on 05.20.202505.20.2025 by Justin Hayes in Digital Regulation, First Amendment, News, News Desk, Online Content Moderation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASHVILLE, Tenn. — May 20, 2025 — In a public comment submitted today to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), The Future of Free Speech cautioned against efforts to regulate content moderation practices on technology platforms. The public comment comes amid an FTC inquiry into “tech censorship.” The nonpartisan think tank located at […]

Critically Acclaimed “Free Speech” Released in Paperback with New Epilogue

Posted on 03.18.202503.19.2025 by The Future of Free Speech in Free Speech Book, Free Speech History, News, News Desk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2025—NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, the critically acclaimed book by Jacob Mchangama, has returned in a new paperback edition. Originally released in 2022, this celebrated work is hailed as “the best history of free speech ever written” by P.J. O’Rourke and called “smart, insightful, and […]