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Public Officials Can’t Block Critics from Official Social Media Accounts
Appeals court protects public’s right to read and respond to official social media accounts, at a time when we rely on them most
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Free Speech & Social Media
Safeguarding the vitality and integrity of public discourse online
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How to Regulate (and Not Regulate) Social Media
Creating incentives for social media companies to be responsible and trustworthy institutions
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A New U.S. Visa Requirement is Silencing Foreign Filmmakers
Policy infringes on filmmakers' freedom of expression and interferes with Americans' ability to engage with diverse international thinkers
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We May Never See John Bolton's Book
A New York Times op-ed by Jameel Jaffer and Ramya Krishnan on the dangers of prepublication review
Research
Announcing the Knight Institute’s Occasional Papers Series
Institute launches a new series with an essay by Jack Balkin
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Knight Institute Asks CDC for Policies Restricting Employees’ Speech
Policies raise public-health and free-speech concerns in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic
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Lawsuit
Doc Society v. Pompeo
A lawsuit challenging the State Department’s social media registration requirement
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Leading Legal Scholars and Technologists to Contribute to “Data and Democracy” Symposium
Symposium will take place October 15-16, 2020, at Columbia University
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