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September 24, 2025September 24, 2025Campaigns

Stop HB 4938: Michigan’s Attack on Free Expression

The Michigan legislature is coming for your rights, and HB 4938, the so-called “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act,” is the weapon they […]

September 18, 2025September 19, 2025Drawing the Line

COSL files an anti-thoughtcrime amicus brief

Today, the Center for Online Safety and Liberty (COSL) filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in United States v. […]

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025Age verification

The Hidden Dangers of Digital ID Verification Laws

While debates around digital ID verification laws often center on censorship and privacy concerns, there’s a more sinister dimension to these policies […]

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025Censorship

Censorship isn’t the answer

Collective Shout doesn't care if YOU consent.

Censorship has been a hot button issue recently after payment processors, under the noise generated by the Australian pro-censorship group Collective Shout […]

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025Age verification

Age Verification Provides Neither Safety Nor Liberty

Today, June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas’s age verification law in a 6-3 decision that marks a troubling lurch […]

June 12, 2025September 26, 2025Drawing the Line

Fiction or Felony? The Blurring of Art and Abuse

When Danish AI artist “Barry Coty” was arrested in 2023, it came as a surprise. He had believed that the fantasy AI […]

May 27, 2025May 27, 2025Campaigns

Fight the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act

A bold landscape-mode digital painting of a diverse artist painting a massive mural on a city wall, depicting vibrant, abstract figures embracing freedom and sensuality. The mural is partially covered by a dark curtain labeled 'H.R.3297,' which is being torn down by activists. The scene is illuminated by dramatic lighting, with warm golds and reds clashing against cold, oppressive grays, symbolizing resistance to censorship."

The government is coming for your rights, and H.R.3297—the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act—is the weapon they’re wielding. Introduced on May 8, 2025, […]

April 28, 2025June 27, 2025Surveillance

The Fight for Secure Communication: Why Encryption Backdoors Threaten Us All

In January 2025, the UK government secretly ordered Apple to unlock its end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups, demanding “blanket access” to user data […]

April 1, 2025April 17, 2025Campaigns

Age Verification Laws: Trading Privacy for Protection That Doesn’t Work

Over twenty U.S. states have passed or are pushing laws that hold websites liable to civil lawsuits if they host material deemed […]

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