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Knight Institute Calls for Urgent “Course Correction” on Response to Student Protests at Columbia University
Letter to President Shafik raises concerns about university decisions and policies relating to free speech on campus
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The Institute’s Nadine Farid Johnson Testifies Before Congress on Press Freedom & the Federal Shield Law Proposal
Appearing yesterday before a subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on “Fighting for a Free Press: Protecting Journalists and their Sources,” the Institute’s Policy Director Nadine Farid Johnson discussed the need for a federal press...
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War & Speech
A new season of “Views on First” about free speech and the war in Israel and Gaza
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Deep Dive: Jawboning
Jawboning in 2025
When the new administration starts—led either by President Biden or President Trump—what will the state of jawboning be?
By Matt Perault
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A Safe Harbor for AI Evaluation and Red Teaming
By Shayne Longpre , Sayash Kapoor , Kevin Klyman , Ashwin Ramaswami , Rishi Bommasani , Arvind Narayanan , Percy Liang & Peter Henderson -
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Institute’s Ramya Krishnan Discusses TikTok Bans on “Arbiters of Truth” Podcast
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Institute’s Jameel Jaffer Discusses Social Media and the First Amendment at Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum
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A Leading Privacy and Security Expert has Explained Why Banning TikTok is Ineffective, Unnecessary, and Counterproductive
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Readings on What Tech Governance Can Learn From Public Health
By J. Nathan Matias
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Essays and Scholarship
Free Speech, Identity, and Power
Observations on the state of free speech from a longtime free speech advocate.
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The Foundation for Global Political Exchange v. Department of the Treasury
A case challenging OFAC’s suppression of the exchange of political ideas
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Jawboning in 2025
When the new administration starts—led either by President Biden or President Trump—what will the state of jawboning be?
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In a victory for free speech, lawsuit challenging mail digitization in jails will move forward
Case brought by incarcerated people and their loved ones in San Mateo, California
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