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Supreme Court Puts Texas Social Media Law on Hold
Knight Institute welcomes Supreme Court’s order
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We defend the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, 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: Rereading the First Amendment
Rereading Bluman v. Federal Election Commission
Foreigners have interesting and important things to say too
By evelyn douek & Genevieve LakierIssues
Free Speech & Social Media
Safeguarding the vitality and integrity of public discourse online
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A Safe Harbor for Platform Research
Knight Institute policy paper proposes legal protection for certain research and newsgathering projects focused on platforms
By Alex Abdo , Ramya Krishnan , Stephanie Krent , Evan Welber Falcón & Andrew Keane Woods
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Why is The U.S. Still Probing Foreign Visitors’ Social Media Accounts?
Many people expected the Biden administration to end a Trump-era policy. Instead, the administration is expanding it.
By Anna Diakun & Carrie DeCellReading Room
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Newly Released Office of Legal Counsel Opinions Shed Light on Nixon Administration’s Effort to Suppress Pentagon Papers and Prosecute Newspapers
Opinions among hundreds published for the first time in response to Knight Institute litigation
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Advocacy Project
Knight Institute, Scholars Advise SEC That Proposed Climate Rules Do Not Raise First Amendment Concerns
Leading First Amendment scholars sign onto Knight Institute letter addressing constitutionality of new rules
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Arvind Narayanan and J. Nathan Matias to Join Knight Institute as Visiting Researchers
Narayanan will explore how algorithms distort online speech, and Matias will study human-algorithm behavior and free expression
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Institute Update
Are We Climbing in or out of the Hole?
Artist Piotr Szyhalski on the making of the “Lies and the Law” series
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