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Internet Speech: A Boon to Civic Engagement
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

The internet is an empowering and diversifying medium capable of uplifting marginalized voices. It has allowed more Americans to meaningfully participate in political dialogue and access more information and speech than ever before. It has enabled the average person to initiate and participate in movements for political and social change and to challenge power and authority. In the internet age,…

 Maryland lawmakers voted to criminalize online speech in the name of security
May 18, 2018   •  By Eric Wang   •  , ,

More than a thousand students gathered at the Maryland state capitol in March as part of the national “March for Our Lives” demonstrations against ...

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 ...

The strangest scenes from Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate testimony on Facebook
April 17, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees last week had some strange scenes. One minute he’s describing Internet service providers as ...

Analysis of “Online Electioneering Transparency and Accountability Act” (Maryland H.B. 981)
April 5, 2018   •  By Eric Wang   •  , , , ,

The Institute for Free Speech provides the following analysis of H.B. 981, which currently awaits a concurrence vote in the House of Delegates. Despite ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Idaho S. 1337 (2017 Campaign Finance Reform Legislative Work Group Recommendations)
March 8, 2018   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

On behalf of the Institute for Free Speech (“the Institute”), we respectfully submit the following comments on constitutional and practical issues with portions of ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Idaho H. 573 (2017 Campaign Finance Reform Legislative Work Group Recommendations)
February 22, 2018   •  By Tyler Martinez   •  , , , ,

On behalf of the Institute for Free Speech (“the Institute”) and Attorney Tyler Martinez, I respectfully submit the following comments on constitutional and practical ...

Amy Klobuchar Knows Exactly What She’s Doing, and It Should Scare You
January 31, 2018   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

We have written extensively before about the dangers of the so-called “Honest Ads Act,” a bill introduced late last year by Senators Amy Klobuchar ...

On Trolls, Tweets, and Free Speech
January 26, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  , , ,

Lately, it seems to have become a sophomoric sport among some who regularly oppose our efforts to protect and expand free speech to try ...

Censorship and Privacy: Lessons from Alabama
December 14, 2017   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

If an elected official views a political advertisement as misleading, or even false, should that politician have the power to prevent citizens from viewing ...

Facebook and the new Red Scare 
December 12, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  ,

The discovery that Russian-linked firms bought thousands of Facebook ads prompted the return of a common trope in America, namely, that foreigners are engineering ...

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