Alex Abdo
Alex Abdo is the litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute. Prior to joining the Institute, he was a senior staff attorney at the ACLU. He has been at the forefront of litigation relating to NSA surveillance, encryption, anonymous speech online, government transparency, and the post-9/11 abuse of detainees in U.S. custody. In 2015, he argued the closely watched appeal that resulted in the Second Circuit invalidating the NSA’s call-records program. He graduated from Yale College and Harvard Law School. After law school, Alex clerked for the Hon. Barbara M.G. Lynn, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, and for the Hon. Rosemary Barkett, United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Analysis
@realDonaldTrump and the First Amendment
Answers to questions about the Knight Institute's position that President Trump cannot block critics on his @realDonaldTrump Twitter account
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Analysis
Why Rely on the Fourth Amendment to Do the Work of the First?
Modern surveillance threatens not only individual privacy but also the freedom to dissent. We shouldn't expect the Fourth Amendment to adequately protect First Amendment interests
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Analysis
Supreme Court Cellphone Case Puts Free Speech – Not Just Privacy – at Risk
Carpenter v. United States could have drastic implications for First Amendment freedoms in the digital age
By Jameel Jaffer & Alex Abdo -
Analysis
Facebook is shaping public discourse. We need to understand how
Social media platforms should lift restrictions impeding digital journalism and research
By Alex Abdo