Press Releases

Feb 27, 2024

Seventh Circuit Allows Indiana’s Ban on Care for Transgender Youth to Take Effect

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today issued a stay that will lift a lower court’s injunction blocking Indiana’s gender-affirming care ban. The law,...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: K.C. v. Medical Licensing Board of Indiana

Feb 27, 2024

Revised Kids Online Safety Act is an Improvement, but Congress Must Still Address First Amendment Concerns

WASHINGTON – Last week, the authors of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) released a revised version of the bill aimed at addressing prior concerns with government censorship of s...

Feb 26, 2024

ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Preliminary Injunctions Against Laws that Would Allow the Government to Regulate Editorial Discretion on Social Media

The ACLU argues that private platforms’ decisions about what speech to host, publish, and distribute on the internet are protected by the First Amendment and cannot be mandated by the government.

Issue Areas: Free Speech

Court case: NetChoice, LLC. v. Paxton

Feb 26, 2024

Rights Groups Urge U.S. Trade Representative to Reaffirm Commitment to a Free and Open Internet

Ahead of World Trade Organization annual meeting, ACLU, Freedom House, and partners raise concerns over Biden Administration withdrawing support for reforms needed to protect an equitable, free, and open global internet

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology

Feb 22, 2024

ACLU Urges Georgia Lawmakers to Reject Unnecessary Bill Expanding Georgia’s Already Overbroad and Excessive Terrorism Laws

Group Says SB 523 Would Further Threaten the Free Speech Rights of People in Georgia

Issue Areas: National Security Free Speech Criminal Law Reform

Feb 22, 2024

ACLU, ACLU of South Carolina Challenges Prison Policy that Seeks to Silence the Incarcerated

COLUMBIA – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of South Carolina filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the South Carolina Department of Corrections’ (SCDC) tota...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Capital Punishment Criminal Law Reform Human Rights

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