free speech

Using a controversial rule adopted in 2024, FIU disciplined students who held a three-minute T-shirt protest against ICE - even though staff confirmed there was no disruption.

Seven FIU students scored a major free speech victory over their university, days before the start of the Fall Semester.

The teacher's post was private but was snipped and disseminated on social media before it was deleted less than an hour later.

The lawsuit against Florida International University is for disciplining seven students who took part in a silent protest against ICE on campus in March.

DeSantis pushed for the law to prevent "indoctrination" in university classrooms, but some professors say it instead made Florida's students look like "they're incapable of original thought."

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission fired biologist Brittney Brown after she reposted a derogatory meme on her personal Instagram account about Kirk

Commissioner Stasi Kamoutsas says teachers can be fired for expressing such sentiments in social media posts or on school property.

The Florida Senate dropped "veggie disparagement" language from a sweeping agriculture bill after concerns it could suppress criticism of the industry.

A federal judge refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit filed by a former FWC biologist who was fired because of a social-media post about Charlie Kirk's murder.

On The Florida Roundup, lawyer, FIU adjunct professor and author Allison Matulli explains how people need to understand what free speech means from a legal standpoint.