Institute for Free Speech
@InstFreeSpeech
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Institute for Free Speech: The nation’s largest organization dedicated solely to protecting political speech, press, assembly, and petition rights.
Washington, D.C.
Joined April 2009
NEW: Our 2025 Anti-SLAPP Report Card found that nearly 63% of Americans reside in a jurisdiction with good protections from frivolous lawsuits. Read the new report and see how your state ranks: https://t.co/Y6axJQke7c
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We are grateful to have the nation’s leading NAACP v. Alabama expert on staff.
Great news! Congrats @KnowlesGardner
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📢I'm delighted to announce that I've signed an advanced contract with @lsupress for my next book! It will tell the stories of the crucial #freespeech civil rights era NAACP v. Alabama litigation, which remains so important for #privacy and #freedomofassociation today 📢
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NEW: @InstFreeSpeech Senior Attorney @brettnolan spoke to @WOKVNews on Friday about the biggest threats to free speech today and the importance of free speech principles. Scroll down for the full audio of this insightful segment HERE:
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NEW, via @WSJ / @WSJopinion, @InstFreeSpeech President @DavidLKeating cautions against ideologically targeted investigations of nonprofits. Such probes chill free speech—and the process punishes even the innocent: https://t.co/tkeM1zn8fS
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Shrugging off such concerns with the notion that the innocent have nothing to fear misses how such actions can harm our freedoms.
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🚨Breaking: Academic experts say academic groupthink doesn’t exist.
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The president’s brief on appeal in New York v Trump (the Bragg Prosecution) seems pretty devastating to the prosecution and conviction.
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If you're a believer in freedom--especially free speech--looking for a place to redirect your financial support, please consider supporting @InstFreeSpeech
https://t.co/pv3Q2qTU9U.
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The Institute for Free Speech is the premier group protecting your First Amendment rights. Learn more about our free speech organization and your rights.
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UK: Words we don’t like? Violence. Criminal penalties! Also UK: Destruction of property? That’s just the inalienable right of protest! Get it together. 🤦🏻♂️
The UK’s views on free speech are ass backwards: their doctrines are so confused that juries punish people for actual speech and acquit people for violence
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Today, in France, eleven anonymous French citizens are being tried for “cyberbullying” for merely reposting on X, in one way or another, publications inspired by Becoming Brigitte, my unauthorized biography of Brigitte Macron, which has never been convicted (or even prosecuted)
🔴🇫🇷 Brigitte Macron : 10 personnes jugées pour cyberharcèlement, accusées d’avoir relayé la rumeur totalement fausse selon laquelle l’épouse du Président serait une femme transgenre. #JT20h
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🚨NEW Free Speech Arguments – May Burdensome Disclosure Laws Create a De Facto Ban on Political Ads? (State of Washington v. Meta Platforms, Inc.) https://t.co/fnp2knPNOw
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State of Washington v. Meta Platforms, Inc., argued before the Supreme Court of Washington on October 28, 2025
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"[Knudsen] wrote that it could cost the state up to $500,000 if it were challenged as incompatible with the United States Constitution and that it would bar businesses, nonprofits, trade associations and labor unions from lobbying." https://t.co/HnFTmIpowy
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Initiative backers say they plan to challenge the decision in court.
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How does exposing the identities of donors threaten free speech? @KnowlesGardner from @InstFreeSpeech explains:
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The ability to speak and listen anonymously is essential to a free society. Protecting anonymous speech protects everyone — because tomorrow’s unpopular opinion might be your own.
I’ve now lost count of the number of women who’ve told me they have an anonymous social media account just to follow women’s rights content. Because even liking or following an account that supports biological reality could risk their job, business, friendships or other
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If anyone has applied for a position at UW and was turned down due to insufficient commitment to DEI, let’s talk.
INSANE: Stuart Reges, a professor at the University of Washington (@UW), exposes how the university is making new hires give a "Diversity statement" and answer questions like "What have you done specifically for black students?" INVESTIGATE and DEFUND @DOGE
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"We propose that the SJC promulgate the following rule: Supreme Judicial Court Rule 5: Ensuring free expression and clarity regarding the meaning of pronouns. In the course of legal proceedings, no judge shall prohibit or discourage any party, attorney, or witness from using
Some judges ban sex-based language in court. They're violating Americans' constitutional rights. Read what GCLS is doing about it: https://t.co/8KIXiLqBeY
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It was my privilege to be part of this important panel discussion.
On #FreeSpeechWeek, we sat down with experts from @InstFreeSpeech and @AFPhq to discuss the troubling rise of political violence and how policymakers can protect Americans with privacy reforms.
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