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Deep Dive: Rereading the First Amendment

Rereading the First Amendment

Exposing the false assumptions that underlie contemporary First Amendment debates

By evelyn douek & Genevieve Lakier

Deep Dive

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 DeCell

Deep Dive: Lies and the Law

Symposium Suggests Large-Scale Societal Changes Are Needed to Lessen Impact of Harmful Lies

Institute’s “Lies, Free Speech, and the Law” event featured research from a diverse range of scholars on how to address the problem of falsehoods

By A. Adam Glenn

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Institute’s Abdo Discusses Social Media Common Carrier Model on Public Knowledge’s Twitter Spaces

July 27, 2022
Quick Take

Institute’s Krent Assesses Future of Cases Involving Social Media Blocking at Cooley Law School Symposium

July 22, 2022
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“Data and Democracy” Research Points to Privacy Asymmetries for Criminal Defendants

July 22, 2022

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Discovery Logic: Making friends while finding gems

By Mike Sugarman
July 18, 2022
Quick Take

Institute Litigation Director Calls for Research into the “New Physics” of Public Discourse

By A. Adam Glenn
March 11, 2022
Quick Take

On Panel, Institute Attorney Warns of Legal Obstacles to Public-Interest Research on Internet Platforms

By A. Adam Glenn
January 20, 2022
Institute Update

Knight Institute To Co-Host Virtual Panel to Tackle Platform Transparency in 2022

By Adriana Lamirande
January 11, 2022
Quick Take

When Social Media Regulation Meets the First Amendment

By A. Adam Glenn
December 17, 2021

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Deep Dive

Rereading the First Amendment

Exposing the false assumptions that underlie contemporary First Amendment debates
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Research

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Privacy, Autonomy, and the Dissolution of Markets

Pathways from platform capitalism
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Knight Institute, Scholars Advise SEC That Proposed Climate Rules Do Not Raise First Amendment Concerns

Leading First Amendment scholars sign onto Knight Institute letter addressing constitutionality of new rules
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Litigation

Amicus Brief

NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton

Fifth Circuit case challenging new laws regulating social media platforms
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