Restore the First · Coalition
News & coalition statements.
Investigations, coalition statements, and updates from the plaintiffs of Finn v. Global Engagement Center and the partner organizations building this coalition.
September 13, 2026
Why AI Is a First Amendment Fight.
Because compute is speech infrastructure — the physical layer through which speech is composed and published at scale — and a federal licensing regime for compute is prior restraint on the First Amendment, no different in principle than a federal licensing regime for printing presses.
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September 12, 2026
The Next Censorship Won’t Look Like Censorship.
For a decade, they suppressed what you posted. Now they’re building the layer that writes what you say — and Congress is about to hand it to three companies. Restore the First adds a sixth pillar: Speech Infrastructure.
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