Civil Liberties

To challenge authoritarianism, platforms should embrace a role that balances expressive rights and responsibilities in a pro-democratic way.

A new code marks a serious commitment by states to regulate digital surveillance tools, but stops short of agreeing to hard legal standards.

A discussion with Rebecca Hamilton about the use of State power and how to identify linkages between individual developments and broader trends in press freedom and beyond.

In fighting rampant gang violence, President Bukele has turned El Salvador into even more of a lawless, opaque State.

Disappearance of vital resources from government websites exposes a fragile ecosystem in which accountability mechanisms have broken down.

A federal judge halted the shutdown of VOA, citing violations of administrative law and congressional authority, not press freedom.

The arrest of the Turkish president's main rival, Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu, sharpens the contradictions of the peace effort with the Kurds.

When a court finally addresses the merits of the rule, there are strong procedural and substantive grounds to challenge its implementation.

Congress should update the Privacy Act to prevent DOGE from violating U.S. international rights obligations.

A new series on what is at stake — and what can be done — to ensure government information remains publicly accessible and properly stored.

The states have stepped up to regulate consumer-facing online services where the federal government has been utterly silent. But the tech companies are not sitting idly by.

Recent rulings by federal judges provide templates for opposing the destruction of congressionally-created agencies like the Voice of America.