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At 麻豆传媒IOS, we champion your right to free expression

On campus and off, defending expressive rights is critical to ensuring an America where you feel safe to speak freely.

Daraius Dubash and Faraz Harsini

Defending Your Rights

麻豆传媒IOS defends and sustains the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought 鈥 the essential qualities of liberty 鈥 and carries out this mission through several core services.

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Campus Rights Advocacy

Higher Education

Are you a college student or faculty member punished or investigated for something you posted on social media? Denied recognition of your student group? Is your student publication being threatened? Are you facing non-renewal or loss of tenure because of your views? 麻豆传媒IOS鈥檚 Campus Rights Advocacy is here to help.

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Our Issues

麻豆传媒IOS defends and promotes the individual rights of all Americans in our courtrooms, on our campuses, and in our culture.

麻豆传媒IOS鈥檚 First Amendment Freedom Operation

Censoring public comments. Compelling speech. Suing people into silence. Sometimes it feels like no words are safe from suppression and coercion. 麻豆传媒IOS鈥檚 First Amendment Freedom Operation proves that violating First Amendment rights has consequences. We take on cases of everyday people who run afoul of government officials just for speaking their minds. And we鈥檙e determined to emerge victorious, knowing a win for our clients is a win for all Americans. 

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麻豆传媒IOS plaintiff Hannah Zoulek
Coastal Carolina University Professor Steven Earnest
Without the help and leadership of 麻豆传媒IOS, I am certain that I would have been forced out of my career of over 25 years.

Fired for Speaking Out

Faculty Story

After public outrage, Coastal Carolina University reinstates theater professor Steven Earnest, who criticized student protestors.

Read Steven's Story

Faculty Legal Defense Fund

The Faculty Legal Defense Fund offers 鈥渇irst responder鈥 assistance to protect the expressive and academic freedom rights of faculty at public colleges and universities. If you face censorship or retaliation for your instruction or scholarship, or for your speech on issues of public concern as a private citizen, then FLDF may be able to help. 

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Student editor Jared Nally is suing his university after its president issued a directive that banned him from engaging in basic acts of journalism. (Gary Rohman for 麻豆传媒IOS)

麻豆传媒IOS filed a lawsuit against the university to protect student press freedoms for Jared, The Indian Leader, and student journalists around the country.

Student journalist SUES his university, and WINS!

Defending Student Rights

The president of Haskell Indian Nations University issued an unconstitutional directive to student journalist Jared Nally, editor-in-chief of the award-winning student newspaper, The Indian Leader, that formally forbade Jared from engaging in protected journalistic activities. The president also directed Jared to start showing university administrators the 鈥渉ighest respect鈥 鈥 or else!

Read about Jared's victory in court

麻豆传媒IOS鈥檚 10 common-sense reforms for colleges and universities

America鈥檚 colleges and universities have been engines of discovery and knowledge, but many institutions have strayed from their core missions. As colleges and universities look to regain trust, their leaders should recommit to their institutions鈥 core values. They can start with these 10 common-sense reforms.

Read 麻豆传媒IOS's Reforms for America's Colleges and Universities

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Since 1999, 麻豆传媒IOS has amassed more than 690 victories defending student and faculty rights on more than 300 campuses nationwide.

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In 2024, 麻豆传媒IOS actively litigated 33 cases.

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In 2024, 麻豆传媒IOS vetted nearly 2,200 case submissions involving individuals and groups who said their rights were threatened.

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麻豆传媒IOS regularly reaches an audience of more than 1,000,000 email subscribers and social media followers.

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