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Pitched battles in the streets of Berkeley, California, as rival factions fight over who should be allowed to speak at one of America’s great public universities. A faculty member seriously injured on the idyllic campus of Middlebury College in Vermont as violence erupts at a talk by a controversial visitor. The staff of the main newspaper in Maryland’s capital devastated by a shooter pursuing “the enemies of the people.” These incidents represent just a few of the ways Free Speech is threatened in the United States today. The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University works to document and analyze such threats through its flagship enterprise, the Free Speech Tracker.
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Check out our new podcast series, “The State of Free Speech During the Coronavirus Pandemic,” under the “Newsletters & Podcasts” tab
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Check out our latest virtual forum, “The Outlook for Free Speech in America after the 2020 Election” under the “News & Events” tab.

Track Free Speech
Everyday, the First Amendment is exercised, tested, and debated in countless ways. The Free Speech Tracker provides a glimpse of the controversies sweeping public and private spaces, from college campuses to state capitols. Our map permits visualization of national trends, and summaries of each incident or legislative development reveal the issues at stake.