Researchers Ask Court to Block Trump Policy Threatening Deportation for Work on Social Media Platforms
Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Rubio
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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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Deep Dive: Reconstructing Free Expression
Realigning Incentives in the Democratic Public Sphere
By Genevieve Lakier
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Trump Administration Concedes That U.S. Researchers May Engage With Sanctioned U.N. Official
Response is a victory for the right of Americans to speak with and hear from international experts about issues of global importance, Knight Institute says
Free Speech & Social Media
Safeguarding the vitality and integrity of public discourse online
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Appeals Court Revives Journalists’ Case Against Spyware Manufacturer NSO Group
Spyware manufacturers should be held accountable in U.S. courts for actions violating U.S. law, Knight Institute says
Research
Essays and Scholarship
AI as Social Technology
Artificial general intelligence does not hold out the promise of truly post-human bureaucracy.
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Essay Series
Lawyering Without Law: The Legal Profession in an Age of Authoritarianism
A project studying the crucial role that lawyers can play in preserving democratic freedoms and institutions
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Essays and Scholarship
The Right to Access Foreign Communicative Infrastructure
Foreign social media platforms are unique associational and speech infrastructures that should be treated differently from other foreign infrastructure, challenging the Supreme Court's view of these platforms in TikTok Inc. v. Garland
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American Association of University Professors v. Rubio
A case challenging the Trump administration’s policy of ideological deportation.
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