Lies and the Law

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Lies and the Law

Concern over the role that lies and deception of all kinds play in public life in the United States has reached new heights in the last few years, raising important questions about the meaning of freedom of speech. Among those questions is whether one of the foundational assumptions of modern First Amendment law still holds, that the best remedy for harmful speech—including harmfully false or misleading speech—is more speech.

This blog channel highlights the Institute’s examination of those questions and features posts related to our Lies and the Law series of public conversations and essays.

Research

Essay Series

The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times

A project aimed at identifying and protecting core press functions

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Event

Event

State of Silence: The Espionage Act, Politics, and Press Freedom

A panel discussion and Q&A on the Espionage Act

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Reading Room

Privacy & Surveillance

Ideological Screening at the Border

Documents released in our FOIA lawsuit for records on the "extreme vetting" program

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Podcast

Podcast

Views on First

What happens when social media collides with the First Amendment? 

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