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Newly Released Office of Legal Counsel Memos Show Evolution of Executive Privilege, 1972-1984
Opinions among hundreds published for the first time in response to Knight Institute litigation
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Deep Dive: Toward a Better Internet
Discovery Logic: Making friends while finding gems
Curation, review, recommendation, discussion, and user identity characterize these social networks
By Mike SugarmanIssues
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 DeCellLitigation
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Knight Institute Comments on Supreme Court Petition Involving Florida Social Media Law
Says case raises critically important questions about free speech online
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Essays and Scholarship
Privacy, Autonomy, and the Dissolution of Markets
Pathways from platform capitalism
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Rereading the First Amendment
Exposing the false assumptions that underlie contemporary First Amendment debates
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Wikimedia v. NSA
A lawsuit challenging the NSA’s “Upstream” surveillance
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