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Targeting Journalists Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

New documents obtained by the Knight Institute and the Freedom of Press Foundation suggest that the government uses FISA court orders to monitor journalists.
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9/24/18: Secrets and Leaks: Whistleblowers, Journalists, and National Security

The Knight Institute co-hosts a conversation featuring Martin Baron, Carrie Cordero, Alberto Mora, Laura Poitras, Sanford J. Ungar, and executive director Jameel Jaffer.
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9/26/18: Freedom of Expression in an Age of Surveillance

The Knight Institute and Yale Law School's Information Society Project co-host the first in a series of events examining the role that the First Amendment should play in assessing the lawfulness of government surveillance.
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Knight Institute Calls on Facebook to Lift Restrictions on Digital Journalism and Research

In a new letter, the Institute says Facebook's terms of service obstruct public-interest investigations focused on the platform.
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Knight Institute Asks White House to Unblock More Twitter Critics

The Institute provided the DOJ with a list of 41 users who remain blocked from the @realDonaldTrump account.
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Facebook is Shaping Public Discourse. We Need to Understand How.

At the Guardian, Senior Staff Attorney Alex Abdo writes that companies like Facebook and Twitter should lift restrictions impeding digital journalism and research on the platforms.