Officials are holding key environmental impact figures for all AI data centres across Europe. They won’t let the public see them.

Starting in May 2025, the US government implemented an immigration policy that targeted noncitizen researchers for visa denials, visa revocations, detention, and deportation on the basis of the topics and findings of their work (1). In response, scholars and civil society groups at the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) documented the policy’s effects on their research and sued the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Justice Department to stay the policy (2). Scholarly societies, including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (3) and the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR) (4) issued public statements in support of academics’ freedom of movement. In July 2026, a federal court suspended the policy (5), marking a victory for scientific progress (6). However, threats to freedom of movement remain a powerful tool for repressive governments to force and entice scholars into submission. Scholars and administrators should continue to defend the integrity of science by defending the right to freedom of movement.

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The State Department doesn’t accuse Autistici/Inventati of doing anything more than providing surveillance-free email accounts. But that’s enough to declare it a terrorist organization.

2027 Tech Policy Press fellowship applications are due on September 24, 2026.

Narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them?

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Sunday Tagliasacchi and Elisabeth Snyder detail an initial court victory for the Coalition for Independent Technology Research in CITR v. Rubio.

Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.

MEMORANDUM OPINION re [53] Order on Motion for Protective Order and Motion for Stay and Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on July 14, 2026. (lcjeb4)

MEMORANDUM OPINION re 53 Order on Motion for Protective Order and Motion for Stay and Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on July 14, 2026. (lcjeb4) (Entered: 07/14/2026)

Members of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research today requested leave to intervene in X v. European Commission. X’s Digital Services Act violations have prevented researchers from using p...

How large is the European interest in Washington’s narrative of censorship and grievance? Dean Jackson considers evidence on the public record.

In a lawsuit, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research argues the government is using immigration policy to stifle free speech and tech regulation.

How large is the European interest in Washington’s narrative of censorship and grievance? Dean Jackson considers evidence on the public record.

Those at risk include nonprofit workers who fact-check misinformation about natural disasters and disease outbreaks on social media, and who may now be forced to leave the country or abandon the work.

Courtney Radsch attended a hearing on the lawsuit challenging the Trump administration visa restriction policy on researchers who study online harms.

Those at risk include nonprofit workers who fact-check misinformation about natural disasters and disease outbreaks on social media, and who may now be forced to leave the country or abandon the work.

Those at risk include nonprofit workers who fact-check misinformation about natural disasters and disease outbreaks on social media, and who may now be forced to leave the country or abandon the work.

A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas of researchers for work on disinformation and content moderation of social media.

The president has expanded efforts to fight what he sees as censorship overseas, using the State Department to target European governments.

A coalition of tech experts on Monday sued US President Donald Trump's administration over a policy resulting in visa denials, detention or deportation for researchers and fact-checkers reporting on s...