Reading Room Document

Index of 1981 unclassified OLC legal opinions

The OLC disclosed this index—of unclassifed OLC legal opinions from 1981—to the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University during the litigation in Francis v. DOJ. The OLC labeled the index "preliminary."

March 3, 2020

The OLC's Opinions

Documents released in our FOIA lawsuit for OLC legal opinions issued prior to 1994

Issues

Free Speech & Social Media

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A Third Federal Appeals Court Addresses Social Media Blocking

Agrees that public officials who use social media accounts to further their official duties must comply with the First Amendment

Privacy & Surveillance

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Clearview AI’s First Amendment Theory Threatens Privacy—and Free Speech, Too

Drawing the line around what is protected by the First Amendment is more challenging than you might think

Transparency & Democracy

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Knight Institute, ACLU, and More than 40 Organizations Call on Biden Administration to Embrace a More Open Government

Letter proposes steps the administration could take immediately

Events

The Mauritanian

Screening of The Mauritanian and panel discussion with Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Tahar Rahim, Nancy Hollander, and Larry Siems
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