Home Colleges (Find a School) University of Central Florida Public University Orlando, FloridaSearch all Schools News Speech Code RatingYellowFree Speech Rankings 183 of 251 Cases 4 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire News Is the sun setting on free expression and academic freedom in Florida? April 20, 2023 News A tale of two pretexts: Sham investigations silence professors at Central Florida and Princeton May 31, 2022 News Federal appeals court declines to impose grade school standards on college students in First Amendment win over the University of Central Florida May 13, 2022 News Amidst FIRE’s record-breaking summer, demands to terminate faculty went mainstream October 13, 2020 Former University of Central Florida kicker scores courtroom win in YouTube case July 13, 2018 Two universities stop censorial outrage mobs dead in their tracks February 7, 2018 Former student-athlete sues UCF to vindicate First Amendment rights February 7, 2018 University of Central Florida faculty adopt ‘Chicago Statement’; university reforms speech code November 29, 2017 University of Central Florida wisely drops punishment of student for viral tweet about ex-girlfriend August 3, 2017 Open-Government Organizations Support Student Journalists’ Use of Sunshine Law Against UCF February 15, 2017 ‘Knight News’ Wins College Press Freedom Award, Vows Continued Fight Against UCF October 25, 2016 News Boring Campuses: Not Just the Fault of Helicopter Parents April 16, 2014 Demonstrators at UCF and LSU Enjoy Free Speech on Campus September 10, 2013 Beth Kassab: Florida Universities Should Know Better August 28, 2013 University of Central Florida Professor Reinstated After Suspension for In-Class Joke May 21, 2013 Press Release Joke Leaves Professor Suspended, Investigated; FIRE Intervenes April 26, 2013 Lingering Questions About Press Freedom at UCF Following Student Government Elections March 5, 2010 Blog UCF Ambiguously Curtails Free Speech December 12, 2007 Speech Codes Don’t Get Enforced? October 15, 2007 Oxford Spies on Students through Facebook July 18, 2007 ACLU Urges UCF to Abandon ‘Free Speech Zones’ January 29, 2007 FIRE Condemns UCF’s Shrinking Speech Zones January 25, 2007 Facebook and the Campus Communication Explosion January 12, 2007 Emmett Hogan on 2006: The More Things Change...? January 5, 2007 Zoning Out Free Speech at Joliet Junior College January 4, 2007 ‘Orlando Sentinel’ Covers Free Speech Zone Controversy at UCF December 19, 2006 News Torch Reader Exposes UCF's Hypocrisy, Part II December 8, 2006 Torch Reader Exposes UCF’s Hypocrisy December 6, 2006 When It Restricts Free Speech to a Small Area, It’s a “Free Speech Zone” December 5, 2006 News University of Central Florida Upholds ‘Free Speech Zone’ Policy December 4, 2006 Students Censored, Free Speech Under Quarantine at University of Central Florida December 4, 2006 Press Release Florida Readers: Watch WKMG-TV Local 6 Tonight at 6PM November 10, 2006 The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Silly October 18, 2006 Blog More on MySpace and Facebook May 31, 2006 ‘I Am All for Free Speech — But I Draw the Line at People Making Fun of Me!’ May 30, 2006 News Internet Expression in Jeopardy: MySpace Users Beware May 24, 2006 Victory for Internet Expression at UCF March 6, 2006 News Student Wins Facebook.com Case at University of Central Florida March 6, 2006 Press Release
News Speech Code RatingYellowFree Speech Rankings 183 of 251 Cases 4 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire
Is the sun setting on free expression and academic freedom in Florida? April 20, 2023 News A tale of two pretexts: Sham investigations silence professors at Central Florida and Princeton May 31, 2022 News Federal appeals court declines to impose grade school standards on college students in First Amendment win over the University of Central Florida May 13, 2022 News Amidst FIRE’s record-breaking summer, demands to terminate faculty went mainstream October 13, 2020 Former University of Central Florida kicker scores courtroom win in YouTube case July 13, 2018 Two universities stop censorial outrage mobs dead in their tracks February 7, 2018 Former student-athlete sues UCF to vindicate First Amendment rights February 7, 2018 University of Central Florida faculty adopt ‘Chicago Statement’; university reforms speech code November 29, 2017 University of Central Florida wisely drops punishment of student for viral tweet about ex-girlfriend August 3, 2017 Open-Government Organizations Support Student Journalists’ Use of Sunshine Law Against UCF February 15, 2017 ‘Knight News’ Wins College Press Freedom Award, Vows Continued Fight Against UCF October 25, 2016 News Boring Campuses: Not Just the Fault of Helicopter Parents April 16, 2014 Demonstrators at UCF and LSU Enjoy Free Speech on Campus September 10, 2013 Beth Kassab: Florida Universities Should Know Better August 28, 2013 University of Central Florida Professor Reinstated After Suspension for In-Class Joke May 21, 2013 Press Release Joke Leaves Professor Suspended, Investigated; FIRE Intervenes April 26, 2013 Lingering Questions About Press Freedom at UCF Following Student Government Elections March 5, 2010 Blog UCF Ambiguously Curtails Free Speech December 12, 2007 Speech Codes Don’t Get Enforced? October 15, 2007 Oxford Spies on Students through Facebook July 18, 2007 ACLU Urges UCF to Abandon ‘Free Speech Zones’ January 29, 2007 FIRE Condemns UCF’s Shrinking Speech Zones January 25, 2007 Facebook and the Campus Communication Explosion January 12, 2007 Emmett Hogan on 2006: The More Things Change...? January 5, 2007 Zoning Out Free Speech at Joliet Junior College January 4, 2007 ‘Orlando Sentinel’ Covers Free Speech Zone Controversy at UCF December 19, 2006 News Torch Reader Exposes UCF's Hypocrisy, Part II December 8, 2006 Torch Reader Exposes UCF’s Hypocrisy December 6, 2006 When It Restricts Free Speech to a Small Area, It’s a “Free Speech Zone” December 5, 2006 News University of Central Florida Upholds ‘Free Speech Zone’ Policy December 4, 2006 Students Censored, Free Speech Under Quarantine at University of Central Florida December 4, 2006 Press Release Florida Readers: Watch WKMG-TV Local 6 Tonight at 6PM November 10, 2006 The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Silly October 18, 2006 Blog More on MySpace and Facebook May 31, 2006 ‘I Am All for Free Speech — But I Draw the Line at People Making Fun of Me!’ May 30, 2006 News Internet Expression in Jeopardy: MySpace Users Beware May 24, 2006 Victory for Internet Expression at UCF March 6, 2006 News Student Wins Facebook.com Case at University of Central Florida March 6, 2006 Press Release
A tale of two pretexts: Sham investigations silence professors at Central Florida and Princeton May 31, 2022 News
Federal appeals court declines to impose grade school standards on college students in First Amendment win over the University of Central Florida May 13, 2022 News
University of Central Florida faculty adopt ‘Chicago Statement’; university reforms speech code November 29, 2017
University of Central Florida wisely drops punishment of student for viral tweet about ex-girlfriend August 3, 2017
Open-Government Organizations Support Student Journalists’ Use of Sunshine Law Against UCF February 15, 2017
‘Knight News’ Wins College Press Freedom Award, Vows Continued Fight Against UCF October 25, 2016 News
University of Central Florida Professor Reinstated After Suspension for In-Class Joke May 21, 2013 Press Release
Lingering Questions About Press Freedom at UCF Following Student Government Elections March 5, 2010 Blog
Students Censored, Free Speech Under Quarantine at University of Central Florida December 4, 2006 Press Release
