Press Statement

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Challenges to Florida and Texas Social Media Laws

Knight Institute says cases could reshape digital public sphere

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

Getting the Facts Straight: Some Observations on the Fifth Circuit Ruling in Missouri v. Biden

Institute’s Jameel Jaffer Discusses Social Media and the First Amendment at Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum

Missouri v. Biden: An Opportunity to Clarify Messy First Amendment Doctrine

Issues

Transparency & Democracy

Ensuring access to information necessary for self-government

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Featured

After the Fall of the American Digital Empire

Between the U.S., China, and EU, the race for global technological dominance is intensifying.

Free Speech & Social Media

Safeguarding the vitality and integrity of public discourse online

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Featured

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

             

Privacy & Surveillance

Protecting the privacy vital to free thought and expression

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Featured

Institute’s Stephanie Krent Discusses Jail Mail Digitization Challenge on “Pod Save the People”

                           

Research

Institute Update

Knight Institute Announces Scholars, Litigators, and Tech Policy Experts Who Will Participate in Initiative on Jawboning and the First Amendment

On Friday, October 20, the Knight Institute will host a closed convening at Columbia University to explore the question of jawboning.

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Litigation

Lawsuit

Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Abbott

A case challenging the application of Texas’s TikTok ban to public university faculty

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Podcast

Podcast

Views on First

What happens when social media collides with the First Amendment? 

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Event

Event

Flashpoint: Protests, Policing, and the Press

Film Screening and Panel Discussion

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