Libraries have been experiencing First Amendment audits for years, but there has been a recent uptick in reported cases in 2021.

The First Amendment activists are often individuals with YouTube channels posting videos of what they consider to be tests for police and public employees. There are numerous examples online of ...

In October 2019, a phone rang at Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut. When Director Raechel Guest answered, the “very hostile” voice on the other end made a threat she’d never heard before ...

Two men, Joshua Abrams and Leonard Filipowski, had set up the camera inside the library to conduct a so-called First Amendment audit, a kind of performative protest that tests their free speech ...

American Libraries magazine wrote a feature story on the trend of First Amendment auditors for its January issue. According to the story, a caller to a library in Connecticut threatened to bring ...

A YouTuber claims he has First Amendment right to film in Danbury Library. But a court case suggests libraries are allowed to ban filming and photography.

The Boston Globe YouTubers film, insult public workers in towns across Mass. for self-declared ‘First Amendment audits’ Arlington town manager Sandy Pooler was a recent target of a YouTuber ...