Event

Optimizing for What? Algorithmic Amplification and Society

A two-day symposium exploring algorithmic amplification and distortion as well as potential interventions

Our Mission

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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Blog

The LLaMA is out of the bag. Should we expect a tidal wave of disinformation?

Readings on What Tech Governance Can Learn From Public Health

There’s a Problem With Banning TikTok. It’s Called the First Amendment.

Issues

Free Speech & Social Media

Safeguarding the vitality and integrity of public discourse online

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Featured

New York’s Gun Law Goes Too Far: Requiring concealed-carry applicants to register their social media accounts is unconstitutional

This dragnet collection of social media information has a chilling effect on applicants’ exercise of their right to speak and associate with others online

Privacy & Surveillance

Protecting the privacy vital to free thought and expression

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Featured

Pegasus spyware was used to hack reporters’ phones. I’m suing its creators

When you’re infected by Pegasus, spies effectively hold a clone of your phone – we’re fighting back

Transparency & Democracy

Ensuring access to information necessary for self-government

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Featured

New DOJ Regulations Are a Victory for Press Freedom, But More Work Remains

  

Podcast

Podcast

Views on First

What happens when social media collides with the First Amendment? 

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Research

Essays and Scholarship

The Professional Price of Falsehoods

What role should professional organizations play in responding to lies and misinformation spread by those within their ranks? 

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Litigation

Lawsuit

A.B.O. Comix v. San Mateo County

A lawsuit challenging the digitization and destruction of mail in San Mateo County’s jails

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Litigation

Lawsuit

Dada v. NSO Group

A case challenging the use of spyware against journalists

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