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Online speech is powerful. That’s why Iran is silencing it.

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FIREwire — January 16, 2025
FBI raids reporter's home, Iran crushes protests, and Australia debates hate speech
 • theFIREorg
Another year, another session of AI overregulation
As lawmakers kick off the 2026 legislative session, a new and consequential phase in the conversation about free speech and artificial intelligence is…
 • John Coleman
Which academic majors are the least politically tolerant?
Or, why learning math might make you more open-minded
 • Chapin Lenthall-Cleary
A royal Paine
Without the pen of Thomas Paine, there may be no United States of America to celebrate today.
 • Matthew Harwood
FIREwire — January 9, 2025
Mark Kelly fights, Plato gets banished, and Utah lawmakers pursue an online porn tax
 • theFIREorg
Can the Pentagon strip Mark Kelly’s rank over speech?
UPDATE 1/15/2026: All six members of Congress featured in the “you can disobey illegal orders” video say they are under investigation.
 • Jacob Gaba
Me in The Washington Post: Where ‘hate speech’ censorship is even worse than on U.S. campuses
Speech restrictions backed by government power in the E.U. and Britain are reaching ludicrous levels.
Published on The Eternally Radical Idea with Greg Lukianoff • 
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