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Reading Room
The Biden administration’s review of the use of social media identifiers in visa vetting
Documents released in our FOIA lawsuit for records related to the Presidential Proclamation 10141 Section 3 report.
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Blog
Why is Biden Doubling Down on Trump’s Surveillance Policy?
State Department refuses to disclose Biden administration report on social media visa vetting
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Analysis
A First Amendment Agenda for the New Administration
How the Biden administration can reaffirm the freedoms of speech, association, and petition in its first 100 days
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Blog
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 -
Blog
Biden Administration Signals Openness to Reconsidering Social Media Surveillance of Visa Applicants
Orders a review of a dangerous Trump administration screening and vetting policy and ends discriminatory executive order that led to it
By Anna Diakun -
Blog
Biden promised transparency. Has he delivered?
One year into Biden's presidency, Staff Attorney Anna Diakun reflects on the administration’s transparency record and calls for a course correction where it has come up short.
By Anna Diakun -
Blog
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
By Anna Diakun -
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Litigation
Knight Institute v. Department of State
A FOIA lawsuit seeking records relating to the Biden administration’s review of the use of social media identifiers in visa vetting
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Blog
Institute Presses Once More for OLC Transparency
Calls for the Biden administration to routinely make public the final legal opinions of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel
By A. Adam Glenn