Ryne Weiss
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Ryne graduated with general honors from the University of Chicago in 2014 with a B.A. in Classics and an emphasis on Latin and Greek. As a student, he was a DJ for poetry events. After graduating, he worked as a sound engineer in the Chicago area. His passion for protecting free scholarship, artistic freedom, and students’ right to protest brought him to FIRE in 2016. Ryne’s interests include movies, music, and video games, in addition to more niche things like giant robots and pro wrestling. In 2013, he captained a winning team in the world’s largest scavenger hunt.
Recent Writings
- LISA controversy highlights non-transparency and arbitrariness of platforms policing video game content,
- FIRE launches expanded 2023 Free Inquiry Grant program, offering $200,000 to support research on free speech,
- In wake of Buffalo shooting, New York AG’s livestreaming policy recommendations threaten First Amendment rights,
- Censoring the technologies of free expression,
- Calling all free speech scholars! Just one week left to apply for FIRE’s inaugural Free Inquiry Grant program,
- FIRE launches 2022 Free Inquiry Grant program offering $150,000 to support research on free speech,
- By delaying free speech survey in response to criticism, University of Wisconsin System errs,
- ‘The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder’ introduces a new generation to the infamous (and often absurd) Anthony Comstock,
- ‘A Glorious Liberty’ by Damon Root, Marvel Comics’ wonderfully weird start, & the redemption of Carly Rae Jepsen: The July 2021 Prestigious Awards,
- 13 important points in the campus & K-12 ‘critical race theory’ debate,
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