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🚨 UPDATE: District Court denies the government's motion to dismiss.
"The Court finds that Stanford Daily has sufficiently alleged that its mission has been frustrated by the Government’s threats of immigration enforcement, which has chilled student speech."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71038...
"The Court finds that Stanford Daily has sufficiently alleged that its mission has been frustrated by the Government’s threats of immigration enforcement, which has chilled student speech."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71038...
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM
🚨 UPDATE: District Court denies the government's motion to dismiss.
"The Court finds that Stanford Daily has sufficiently alleged that its mission has been frustrated by the Government’s threats of immigration enforcement, which has chilled student speech."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71038...
"The Court finds that Stanford Daily has sufficiently alleged that its mission has been frustrated by the Government’s threats of immigration enforcement, which has chilled student speech."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71038...
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We @freepress.bsky.social condemn the invasion of reporter Hannah Natanson's home by FBI agents. We joined together with 30 other press freedom & civil liberties groups with this statement, calling for congressional oversight & reintroduction of the PRESS Act: www.freepress.net/news/31-pres...
31 Press-Freedom and Civil-Liberties Groups Condemn Government Invasion of Washington Post Reporter’s Home
31 press-freedom and civil-liberties groups published a join statement condemning the government invasion of the home of Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson.
www.freepress.net
January 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM
We @freepress.bsky.social condemn the invasion of reporter Hannah Natanson's home by FBI agents. We joined together with 30 other press freedom & civil liberties groups with this statement, calling for congressional oversight & reintroduction of the PRESS Act: www.freepress.net/news/31-pres...
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For the 38th anniversary of the Hazelwood decision limiting student press rights, @splc.org is looking to continue to get the student press rights New Voices legislation passed in more states.
As Hazelwood turns 38, New Voices advocates push for change - Student Press Law Center
So far in the 2026 legislative session, six states have introduced New Voices bills to undo the effects of Hazelwood, while advocates in other states are looking to follow.
splc.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 PM
For the 38th anniversary of the Hazelwood decision limiting student press rights, @splc.org is looking to continue to get the student press rights New Voices legislation passed in more states.
Six states have introduced legislation in 2026 to bolster student voices — and we expect more!
New Voices laws, already in place in 18 states, protect #studentpressfreedom and counter the effects of the Supreme Court's disastrous Hazelwood decision.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/uD22tGE
New Voices laws, already in place in 18 states, protect #studentpressfreedom and counter the effects of the Supreme Court's disastrous Hazelwood decision.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/uD22tGE
As Hazelwood turns 38, New Voices advocates push for change - Student Press Law Center
So far in the 2026 legislative session, six states have introduced New Voices bills to undo the effects of Hazelwood, while advocates in other states are looking to follow.
splc.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Six states have introduced legislation in 2026 to bolster student voices — and we expect more!
New Voices laws, already in place in 18 states, protect #studentpressfreedom and counter the effects of the Supreme Court's disastrous Hazelwood decision.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/uD22tGE
New Voices laws, already in place in 18 states, protect #studentpressfreedom and counter the effects of the Supreme Court's disastrous Hazelwood decision.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/uD22tGE
On this day in 1988, the Supreme Court dramatically changed the balance of student press rights and gave administrators broad power to censor.
Join us for #StudentPressFreedomDay Feb. 26 as we spread awareness and fight to restore free press protections. Learn more: https://studentpressfreedom.org
Join us for #StudentPressFreedomDay Feb. 26 as we spread awareness and fight to restore free press protections. Learn more: https://studentpressfreedom.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
On this day in 1988, the Supreme Court dramatically changed the balance of student press rights and gave administrators broad power to censor.
Join us for #StudentPressFreedomDay Feb. 26 as we spread awareness and fight to restore free press protections. Learn more: https://studentpressfreedom.org
Join us for #StudentPressFreedomDay Feb. 26 as we spread awareness and fight to restore free press protections. Learn more: https://studentpressfreedom.org
Covering protests is essential but comes with risks. Check out our guide to help you stay safe & know your rights.
Key tips:
• Work with a buddy.
• Wear visible press credentials.
• Back up your work regularly.
• Know your rights if stopped or arrested.
• Safety first.
https://splc.org/protests
Key tips:
• Work with a buddy.
• Wear visible press credentials.
• Back up your work regularly.
• Know your rights if stopped or arrested.
• Safety first.
https://splc.org/protests
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Covering protests is essential but comes with risks. Check out our guide to help you stay safe & know your rights.
Key tips:
• Work with a buddy.
• Wear visible press credentials.
• Back up your work regularly.
• Know your rights if stopped or arrested.
• Safety first.
https://splc.org/protests
Key tips:
• Work with a buddy.
• Wear visible press credentials.
• Back up your work regularly.
• Know your rights if stopped or arrested.
• Safety first.
https://splc.org/protests
Lawyers argued over whether the Stanford Daily and others can challenge the deportations based on protected speech. https://loom.ly/z2JpfA0
In October, an SPLC-led coalition of 55 student newsrooms and editors highlighted the resulting widespread chilling effect. https://loom.ly/_aBsitk
In October, an SPLC-led coalition of 55 student newsrooms and editors highlighted the resulting widespread chilling effect. https://loom.ly/_aBsitk
Stanford newspaper seeks halt on visa revocations over protected speech
The Stanford Daily wants to stop the Trump administration from deporting immigrants because it doesn't like what they say. But the federal government says the student paper lacks standing to sue.
www.courthousenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Lawyers argued over whether the Stanford Daily and others can challenge the deportations based on protected speech. https://loom.ly/z2JpfA0
In October, an SPLC-led coalition of 55 student newsrooms and editors highlighted the resulting widespread chilling effect. https://loom.ly/_aBsitk
In October, an SPLC-led coalition of 55 student newsrooms and editors highlighted the resulting widespread chilling effect. https://loom.ly/_aBsitk
Executive Director Gary Green was featured in the @washingtonpost.com Press Freedom Partnership newsletter. Read here: https://loom.ly/5cVaZxs
Thank you for highlighting the threats student journalists face and why strong legal support to defend them is crucial.
Thank you for highlighting the threats student journalists face and why strong legal support to defend them is crucial.
‘It’s terrifying’: Student journalism is under fire
Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership Newsletter
s2.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Executive Director Gary Green was featured in the @washingtonpost.com Press Freedom Partnership newsletter. Read here: https://loom.ly/5cVaZxs
Thank you for highlighting the threats student journalists face and why strong legal support to defend them is crucial.
Thank you for highlighting the threats student journalists face and why strong legal support to defend them is crucial.
Happy #PublicDomainDay 2026!
A new group of creative works from the 1930s has entered the U.S. public domain, making them available for student media to use. Explore the complete list: https://loom.ly/geb5-_M
Curious where else you can find free-to-use images? Start here: https://loom.ly/7bTp9dg
A new group of creative works from the 1930s has entered the U.S. public domain, making them available for student media to use. Explore the complete list: https://loom.ly/geb5-_M
Curious where else you can find free-to-use images? Start here: https://loom.ly/7bTp9dg
Public Domain Day 2026 Is Coming: Here's What to Know
On January 1, 2026, works from 1930—including Nancy Drew, early Betty Boop, and The Maltese Falcon—hit the U.S. public domain. Here’s what it all means.
copyrightlately.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Happy #PublicDomainDay 2026!
A new group of creative works from the 1930s has entered the U.S. public domain, making them available for student media to use. Explore the complete list: https://loom.ly/geb5-_M
Curious where else you can find free-to-use images? Start here: https://loom.ly/7bTp9dg
A new group of creative works from the 1930s has entered the U.S. public domain, making them available for student media to use. Explore the complete list: https://loom.ly/geb5-_M
Curious where else you can find free-to-use images? Start here: https://loom.ly/7bTp9dg
In 2025, censorship reports to SPLC's Legal Hotline were up 28% over 2024.
As student journalists turn to us for help in telling their communities' stories, your financial support ensures we have the resources to answer their calls.
Donate now to help us start 2026 strong: https://loom.ly/AJaJtpA
As student journalists turn to us for help in telling their communities' stories, your financial support ensures we have the resources to answer their calls.
Donate now to help us start 2026 strong: https://loom.ly/AJaJtpA
January 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
In 2025, censorship reports to SPLC's Legal Hotline were up 28% over 2024.
As student journalists turn to us for help in telling their communities' stories, your financial support ensures we have the resources to answer their calls.
Donate now to help us start 2026 strong: https://loom.ly/AJaJtpA
As student journalists turn to us for help in telling their communities' stories, your financial support ensures we have the resources to answer their calls.
Donate now to help us start 2026 strong: https://loom.ly/AJaJtpA
“SPLC is more important now than it ever was.”
As we look ahead to 2026, your gift today provides student journalists with the legal resources and support they need to cover their campuses and communities.
👉 https://loom.ly/RuCVuVM
As we look ahead to 2026, your gift today provides student journalists with the legal resources and support they need to cover their campuses and communities.
👉 https://loom.ly/RuCVuVM
December 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“SPLC is more important now than it ever was.”
As we look ahead to 2026, your gift today provides student journalists with the legal resources and support they need to cover their campuses and communities.
👉 https://loom.ly/RuCVuVM
As we look ahead to 2026, your gift today provides student journalists with the legal resources and support they need to cover their campuses and communities.
👉 https://loom.ly/RuCVuVM
From impactful and essential journalism to banding together in support of peers fighting for press freedom... 2025 was a big year for courageous student journalists!
We hope you get to rest and recharge for another year of bold journalism and press freedom advocacy.
SPLC will reopen Jan. 5. 💙
We hope you get to rest and recharge for another year of bold journalism and press freedom advocacy.
SPLC will reopen Jan. 5. 💙
December 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
From impactful and essential journalism to banding together in support of peers fighting for press freedom... 2025 was a big year for courageous student journalists!
We hope you get to rest and recharge for another year of bold journalism and press freedom advocacy.
SPLC will reopen Jan. 5. 💙
We hope you get to rest and recharge for another year of bold journalism and press freedom advocacy.
SPLC will reopen Jan. 5. 💙
Student Press Law Center Executive Director Gary Green and the entire team thank you for being part of the SPLC community!
With your support, we are here to ensure student journalists have the courage, tools and legal protection they need to raise their voices.
Thank you!
With your support, we are here to ensure student journalists have the courage, tools and legal protection they need to raise their voices.
Thank you!
December 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Student Press Law Center Executive Director Gary Green and the entire team thank you for being part of the SPLC community!
With your support, we are here to ensure student journalists have the courage, tools and legal protection they need to raise their voices.
Thank you!
With your support, we are here to ensure student journalists have the courage, tools and legal protection they need to raise their voices.
Thank you!
An SPLC analysis found that many school districts in Iowa and West Virginia fail to fully comply with their New Voices laws, leaving student journalists vulnerable to censorship.
👉 Learn more about the findings and how we're addressing them: https://loom.ly/UrreBPA
👉 Learn more about the findings and how we're addressing them: https://loom.ly/UrreBPA
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An SPLC analysis found that many school districts in Iowa and West Virginia fail to fully comply with their New Voices laws, leaving student journalists vulnerable to censorship.
👉 Learn more about the findings and how we're addressing them: https://loom.ly/UrreBPA
👉 Learn more about the findings and how we're addressing them: https://loom.ly/UrreBPA
Student journalism is journalism. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/m...
Brown student journalist recounts ‘all-nighter’ reporting in aftermath of mass shooting - The Boston Globe
Students for Brown's Daily Herald worked around-the-clock this weekend providing live updates on Saturday's deadly shooting.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Student journalism is journalism. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/m...
Protect student journalism today with a donation to SPLC! ➡️ https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc
Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, editor of The Retrograde at UT Dallas, is one of thousands of students who have needed our support in fighting for #studentpressfreedom.
Every gift through Dec. 31 will be matched!
Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, editor of The Retrograde at UT Dallas, is one of thousands of students who have needed our support in fighting for #studentpressfreedom.
Every gift through Dec. 31 will be matched!
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Protect student journalism today with a donation to SPLC! ➡️ https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc
Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, editor of The Retrograde at UT Dallas, is one of thousands of students who have needed our support in fighting for #studentpressfreedom.
Every gift through Dec. 31 will be matched!
Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, editor of The Retrograde at UT Dallas, is one of thousands of students who have needed our support in fighting for #studentpressfreedom.
Every gift through Dec. 31 will be matched!
It's inspiring to see an outpouring of support for the Alabama student magazines to continue — in an independent form — into the spring semester. https://loom.ly/Z3n3mqA
Of course, UA should never have closed the magazines. Stay up-to-date with the latest via our UA Tracker: https://loom.ly/0H2mNIw
Of course, UA should never have closed the magazines. Stay up-to-date with the latest via our UA Tracker: https://loom.ly/0H2mNIw
Nonprofit meets $25,000 fundraising goal to support new student-run magazines
An alumni nonprofit surpassed its $25,000 fundraising goal on Wednesday to fund two independent magazines next semester after the University shut down Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine Dec. 1. The nonprofit, Masthead, officially launched the fundraiser Monday but began accepting donations on Sunday. The funds will be used to cover printing costs, student salaries and...
thecrimsonwhite.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's inspiring to see an outpouring of support for the Alabama student magazines to continue — in an independent form — into the spring semester. https://loom.ly/Z3n3mqA
Of course, UA should never have closed the magazines. Stay up-to-date with the latest via our UA Tracker: https://loom.ly/0H2mNIw
Of course, UA should never have closed the magazines. Stay up-to-date with the latest via our UA Tracker: https://loom.ly/0H2mNIw
🧵 Congrats again to the 2025 winners and finalists of the Student Freedom of Information and Courage in Student Journalism Awards.
We’re inspired by their brave pursuit of transparency and their fight for #StudentPressFreedom.
Learn more about their incredible stories here: loom.ly/CIYL9m0
We’re inspired by their brave pursuit of transparency and their fight for #StudentPressFreedom.
Learn more about their incredible stories here: loom.ly/CIYL9m0
December 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🧵 Congrats again to the 2025 winners and finalists of the Student Freedom of Information and Courage in Student Journalism Awards.
We’re inspired by their brave pursuit of transparency and their fight for #StudentPressFreedom.
Learn more about their incredible stories here: loom.ly/CIYL9m0
We’re inspired by their brave pursuit of transparency and their fight for #StudentPressFreedom.
Learn more about their incredible stories here: loom.ly/CIYL9m0
Defending student press freedom starts with giving students an understanding of their rights and the confidence to speak up.
Your support for SPLC enables us to provide legal support and resources to students like James year-round.
Your donation today will go twice as far: https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc
Your support for SPLC enables us to provide legal support and resources to students like James year-round.
Your donation today will go twice as far: https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc
December 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Defending student press freedom starts with giving students an understanding of their rights and the confidence to speak up.
Your support for SPLC enables us to provide legal support and resources to students like James year-round.
Your donation today will go twice as far: https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc
Your support for SPLC enables us to provide legal support and resources to students like James year-round.
Your donation today will go twice as far: https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc
Two NJ high school juniors say if they can make a difference in their school, then every student can. They share how they convinced their school district to update its student media policy to protect student journalists and advisers. ➡️ https://loom.ly/qf5U4Rg
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Two NJ high school juniors say if they can make a difference in their school, then every student can. They share how they convinced their school district to update its student media policy to protect student journalists and advisers. ➡️ https://loom.ly/qf5U4Rg
Student journalists are journalists. These unnecessary credentialing requirements often exclude students and other journalists with an interest in breaking news, and it's time to drop them, Oakland Police Department. https://loom.ly/kj3Z6FA
Oakland cops toss student journalist from news conference about John Beam’s death
First Amendment advocates are now calling for an end to a policy requiring journalists to have police-issued credentials.
www.eastbaytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Student journalists are journalists. These unnecessary credentialing requirements often exclude students and other journalists with an interest in breaking news, and it's time to drop them, Oakland Police Department. https://loom.ly/kj3Z6FA
Viewpoint discrimination is off-limits. If other student publications are similarly facing illegal suspension, please contact our Legal Hotline: splc.org/legalhelp/
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Viewpoint discrimination is off-limits. If other student publications are similarly facing illegal suspension, please contact our Legal Hotline: splc.org/legalhelp/
SPLC's Mike Hiestand tells @insidehighered.com, “That looks a lot like viewpoint discrimination to me, which the Supreme Court has said repeatedly is off-limits." https://loom.ly/Tylr9K0
Alabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines
The university pointed to a July Department of Justice memo that warned against “unlawful proxies” for race or sex. It’s another example of administrators restricting student media.
www.insidehighered.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
SPLC's Mike Hiestand tells @insidehighered.com, “That looks a lot like viewpoint discrimination to me, which the Supreme Court has said repeatedly is off-limits." https://loom.ly/Tylr9K0
Have you visited the SPLC Store? Check out all the styles and products at splc.org/store
This week (Dec. 2-7), all #studentpressfreedom swag is 20% off, and a portion of your purchase supports SPLC's free legal services!
This week (Dec. 2-7), all #studentpressfreedom swag is 20% off, and a portion of your purchase supports SPLC's free legal services!
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Have you visited the SPLC Store? Check out all the styles and products at splc.org/store
This week (Dec. 2-7), all #studentpressfreedom swag is 20% off, and a portion of your purchase supports SPLC's free legal services!
This week (Dec. 2-7), all #studentpressfreedom swag is 20% off, and a portion of your purchase supports SPLC's free legal services!
It's #GivingTuesday, and we need your help to defend the rights of student journalists.
Our services are free, so we rely on donations from supporters like you to empower students to speak truth to power and to make a difference in their communities. Consider making a gift: https://loom.ly/9wuleJY
Our services are free, so we rely on donations from supporters like you to empower students to speak truth to power and to make a difference in their communities. Consider making a gift: https://loom.ly/9wuleJY
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's #GivingTuesday, and we need your help to defend the rights of student journalists.
Our services are free, so we rely on donations from supporters like you to empower students to speak truth to power and to make a difference in their communities. Consider making a gift: https://loom.ly/9wuleJY
Our services are free, so we rely on donations from supporters like you to empower students to speak truth to power and to make a difference in their communities. Consider making a gift: https://loom.ly/9wuleJY