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IFS Welcomes Senior Policy Analyst Eric Peterson to External Relations Department

 Eric Peterson, Senior Policy Analyst
June 18, 2018   •  By Matt Nese   •  ,

The Institute for Free Speech is excited to welcome Eric Peterson to the External Relations team as a Senior Policy Analyst. Prior to joining ...

Twitter Loses Round One in Lawsuit Challenging User Ban
June 15, 2018   •  By David Keating   •  ,

Yesterday, a California judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges Twitter’s ban of one of its former users, the controversial Jared Taylor. I ...

Giving Meaning to Narrow Tailoring and Burdens of Proof: IJ Scores a Win for Free Speech in Colorado
June 13, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

One of the problems with campaign finance laws is that, no matter how well-intentioned, in practice, the laws have less to do with “cleaning ...

Tenth Circuit Ruling Threatens Freedom of Association: Says Government Can Tell Parties How to Choose Their Leaders
June 1, 2018   •  By Owen Yeates   •  ,

Can the government control a private organization’s identity, leaders, and message? In a decision threatening all three of these First Amendment liberties, a divided ...

Debunking Three Myths about the “Honest Ads Act”
May 30, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

The deceptively-named “Honest Ads Act” is a proposal in Congress that would increase regulations for paid political and issue advertising on the Internet – ...

Dark Money: The Courts Awaken
May 21, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

“This is like the Death Star. In Star Wars, they didn’t go fight the evil empire on every single planet. They went after the ...

Americans Support Speech Regulation… If They Are Not Told the Facts Surrounding It
May 18, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , , ,

Last week, the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), a news outlet biased in favor of greater political speech regulation, touted recent polling by the ...

No, OpenSecrets, Nonprofits Are Not “Fueling” an Increase in Political Ads
May 16, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Understanding election spending can be difficult. Complex campaign finance laws and numerous categories of political giving and spending are enough to make your eyes ...

Did a D.C. Federal Court Fail the “Major Purpose Test”?
May 14, 2018   •  By Mike Columbo   •  , , ,

A recent opinion by Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the federal District Court in Washington, D.C. poses new risks for advocacy groups and their ...

Distrusting “Suspicious” Online Ads Is No Excuse for Restricting Americans’ Free Speech
May 7, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

A new study is being hyped as evidence that the government needs to police the First Amendment on social media. This month, the Campaign ...

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