FAQ - Not Okay for Us

Since January 2025, the Donald Trump administration has taken a number of actions that critics say amount to state-coerced speech control: for example, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair publicly threatened broadcast licensees unless they disciplined a late-night TV host, leading to the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened investigations into “tech censorship,” pressuring platforms’ content-decisions under threat of enforcement. Legal firms that previously represented government adversaries have been designated “national security risks,” losing contracts and facing sanctions. Federal agencies are probing universities over speech at campus protests and tying funding threats to expression. And in the immigration realm, hundreds of international students whose activism was deemed “pro-Palestinian” have had their visas revoked and face deportation—sending a message that dissenting viewpoints can trigger severe immigration consequences. Together, these actions form a pattern where government pressure—rather than private choice alone—is shaping who may speak, what platforms permit, which attorneys may be hired, which campus protests are tolerated, and which foreign-students may stay—raising profound First Amendment concerns.
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