Our Mission
We defend the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
We promote a system of free expression that is open and inclusive, that broadens and elevates public discourse, and that fosters creativity, accountability, and effective self-government.
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Free Speech & Social Media
Safeguarding the vitality and integrity of public discourse online
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Featured
Appeals Court Says Public and Press Have First Amendment Right to Access Bail Hearings
Public access to court proceedings is fundamental to our democracy, Knight Institute says
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Federal Court Says Warrant Required for Device Searches at the Border
Cites concerns about chilling effects of warrantless searches on free speech & press freedom
Podcast
Podcast
"Views on First: Speech & the Border"
At the frontiers of censorship and surveillance
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Institute Update
A Note About the Knight Institute, X, and Bluesky
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Research
Essay Series
Permission to Speak Freely? Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy
A project exploring the law and politics of public employee speech
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Essays and Scholarship
Silenced by Surveillance: The Impacts of Digital Transnational Repression on Journalists, Human Rights Defenders, and Dissidents in Exile
Findings from interviews with over 80 people living in the diaspora or in exile
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