Legal experts to states and vendors: Reject unlawful USDA data demands
Protect Democracy sent a letter to SNAP benefit vendors as well as multiple State Attorneys General, urging them to refuse unlawful USDA data demands.
May 12, 2025
Faculty unions sue Trump Administration: No halting science research to suppress speech
The faculty and national labor unions allege that the Trump administration improperly canceled Columbia University’s federal funding to compel speech restrictions on campus
March 25, 2025
Protect Democracy files amicus brief urging district court not to short-circuit legislative efforts to require labeling for deceptive political deepfakes
On September 27, 2024, Protect Democracy filed an amicus brief in a case challenging California's new political deepfake labeling law, AB 2839.
September 27, 2024
Authoritarianism, explained
Authoritarianism is a method of rule that suppresses political freedoms and civil rights, using various levers of control to shift power from the people to the hands of one ruler or set of rulers.
August 12, 2024
Judge dismisses Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy proceeding
Mr. Giuliani initiated the proceeding in December 2023, three days after Ruby Freeman and Ms. Moss obtained a more than $146 million judgment against him.
August 2, 2024
NetChoice explained: How SCOTUS wisely avoided two extreme approaches to regulating social media
NetChoice walks a careful line at the intersection between the First Amendment and the internet — and in so doing, sounds a hopeful note for this area of jurisprudence.
July 26, 2024
Court dismisses The Gateway Pundit’s bankruptcy case allowing Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss to continue their defamation case
Today, a bankruptcy judge in a Florida court dismissed a case filed by The Gateway Pundit, allowing Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea’ ArShaye Moss to continue their defamation suit.
July 25, 2024
Statement issued by Salem Media Group apologizing to Mark Andrews
On May 31, 2024, Salem Media Group issued a release (image below), stating in part “It was never our intent that the publication of the 2000 Mules film and book would harm Mr. Andrews.
May 31, 2024
Statement from counsel for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss on Giuliani’s stipulation to permanent injunction
In an agreement filed today, Mr. Giuliani has agreed to never again accuse either Ms. Freeman or Ms. Moss of engaging in any wrongdoing in connection with the 2020 election.
May 21, 2024
The Shortlist: Seven ways platforms can prepare for the U.S. 2024 election
Protect Democracy has produced four recommendations to inform preparations to safeguard the information ecosystem surrounding the U.S. general election.
March 12, 2024