The Alliance Defending Freedom, an influential legal group that advocates for religious freedom, has launched a new litigation team called the Center for Free Speech, which will focus on combating the rise of global censorship.
ADF has already won major victories for religious freedom and free speech in numerous landmark cases, including, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights, 303 Creative v. Elenis, and NIFLA v. Becerra. And ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom has secured more than 400 victories protecting students’ free-speech rights.
Now, with the Center for Free Speech, ADF will fight to “defend every person’s right to speak freely and hold the government and powerful corporations accountable when they unlawfully censor or punish speech,” the group said.
“This team’s efforts will include suing private-sector censors who are working with the government or…