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Legal Filing

Government's Motion to Dismiss

June 14, 2019

Edgar v. Coats

A lawsuit challenging the government's censorship system of “prepublication review”

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Issues

Free Speech & Social Media

Free Speech & Social Media

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Facebook is shaping public discourse. We need to understand how

Social media platforms should lift restrictions impeding digital journalism and research

Privacy & Surveillance

Privacy & Surveillance

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Targeting Journalists Under FISA: New Documents Reveal DOJ’s Secret Rules

Records suggest U.S. government is using FISA court orders to monitor journalists

Transparency & Democracy

Transparency & Democracy

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The Espionage Act and a Growing Threat to Press Freedom

The government’s now-routine use of the Espionage Act against journalists’ sources raises First Amendment concerns.

Events

The Tech Giants, Monopoly Power, and Public Discourse
Thursday 11/14/2019 6:00PM - Friday 11/15/2019 5:00PM

Columbia University, New York, NY

The Tech Giants, Monopoly Power, and Public Discourse

A symposium examining free speech implications of "breaking up" today's giant online platforms

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