Home Knight Institute Calls on Facebook to Lift Restrictions on Digital Journalism and Research In a new letter, the Institute says Facebook's terms of service obstruct public-interest investigations focused on the platform. Read more News Knight Institute Urges Proactive Disclosure of “Secret Law” Governing Executive Branch The Knight Institute and Campaign for Accountability urged a federal appeals court to rule that the Office of Legal Counsel must proactively process its formal written opinions for public release. News Knight Institute Asks White House to Unblock More Twitter Critics from @realDonaldTrump Account After a court ruled that viewpoint-based blocking from the @realDonaldTrump account violates the First Amendment, the Institute provided the DOJ with a list of 41 users who remain blocked. Emerging Threats The Failure of Internet Freedom In a new Emerging Threats essay, Jack Goldsmith writes that the U.S. internet freedom project is failing, and presents the difficult choices regarding foreign policy, regulation, and censorship that we face. Comment More Questions than Answers from DOJ Letter about Journalist Surveillance A new DOJ disclosure on surveillance of the press provides little assurance about journalists' ongoing ability to protect confidential sources. News DOJ’s Seizure of Reporter’s Records Raises Questions About Continuing Force of DOJ Media Guidelines The Justice Department secretly seized years of reporter Ali Watkins's communication records, and it's unclear whether the seizure complied even with the DOJ's own media guidelines. Comment The Supreme Court Takes On the Police Use of Cellphone Records In the New York Times, Knight Institute Senior Attorney Alex Abdo and Kate Klonick write that the Carpenter decision will shape both the right to privacy and freedom of speech in the digital age. About the Knight Institute Learn More