The Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) is an organization devoted to assisting researchers with assembling information related to freedom of speech, media democracy, and copyright, and advocating for these issues.

In 2003, the organization assisted 33 academics in filing a friend-of-the-court brief challenging a law which restricted the sale of violent video games to minors.

[4] Founded in 2000,[5][6] the organization formed with goals of assisting researchers with assembling information related to freedom of speech, media democracy, and copyright, and advocating for these issues.

[6] Prior to founding the organization, Heins served as director of the Art Censorship Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.

[4] In 2003, the Free Expression Policy Project assisted 33 academics specializing in journalism, with filing a friend-of-the-court brief challenging a law which restricted the sale of violent video games to youths.

[19] Austin American-Statesman described the Free Expression Policy Project as a think tank dedicated to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.