Content Moderation
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Press Statement
Supreme Court Rules in Two Major Social Media Cases
Knight Institute says decisions are careful but Court leaves some important questions for another day
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Quick Take
Introducing Visualizing Virality
Illustrating and investigating virality and demotion on Twitter
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Event
Optimizing for What? Algorithmic Amplification and Society
A two-day symposium exploring algorithmic amplification and distortion as well as potential interventions
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Deep Dive
The First Amendment Protects More Than You Think
Institute's Scott Wilkens talks to the Future Today Institute
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Essays and Scholarship
Understanding Social Media Recommendation Algorithms
Towards a better informed debate on the effects of social media
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Deep Dive
Knight Institute Weighs in on Gonzalez v. Google in RE-COMMITTED Q&A
Knight Institute Senior Counsel Wilkens joins other amici discussing the importance of Gonzalez v. Google for the future of the internet
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Institute Update
Knight Institute Symposium on “Algorithmic Amplification” to Feature Leading Scholars and Technologists
Public event to be held on April 28-29, 2023, at Columbia University and online
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Deep Dive
Twitter v. Taamneh in the Supreme Court: What’s at Stake
A ruling for the plaintiffs could force platforms to take down broad swaths of political speech, Knight Institute says
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Supreme Court Petition Involving Florida Social Media Law
Says case raises critically important questions about free speech online
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Deep Dive
A Digital Sphere that Serves Democracy
At 2022 Beaverbrook Lecture, Jameel Jaffer assesses watershed cases on regulation of social media
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Deep Dive
Rereading “Editorial Discretion”
Despite what the Fifth Circuit recently suggested, “editorial discretion” is most definitely a whole thing
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Supreme Court Petition Involving Florida Social Media Law
Says case raises critically important questions about free speech online
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Federal Court’s Decision Keeping Florida’s Social Media Law Blocked
Says decision is a victory for free speech online
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Press Statement
NetChoice, CCIA Ask Supreme Court To Reverse Fifth Circuit’s Decision Lifting Stay of Texas Social Media Law
Knight Institute says Court should block the law until legal challenge is resolved
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Press Statement
NetChoice, CCIA Expected To Ask Supreme Court To Reverse Fifth Circuit’s Decision Lifting Stay of Texas Social Media Law
Knight Institute says Court should block the law until legal challenge is resolved
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Press Statement
Fifth Circuit Lifts Stay on Texas Social Media Law While the Legal Challenge Continues
Knight Institute says the decision will have terrible consequences for speech online
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Urges Fifth Circuit to Reject Extreme First Amendment Positions in Challenge to Texas Social Media Law
Says case could have far-reaching implications for free speech rights online
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Quick Take
Institute Litigation Director Calls for Research into the “New Physics” of Public Discourse
Arcane algorithms must be brought to light to grapple with little-understood impacts on elections, media, and society
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Quick Take
When Social Media Regulation Meets the First Amendment
Knight Institute director, in Decoder podcast appearance, calls on courts to reject all-or-nothing First Amendment claims by states, social media companies
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Quick Take
"Information Disorder" Report Calls for Social Media Transparency
Aspen Institute commission calls on Congress to protect researchers who study social media
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Asks Federal Court To Strike Down Florida’s Social Media Law
Urges court to reject arguments that would prevent government from regulating to protect free speech online
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Review
Liars in High Places: Who's to blame for misinformation?
Jameel Jaffer reviews Cass Sunstein's Liars: Falsehood's and Free Speech in an Age of Deception
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Quick Take
Platforms Not Required to Amplify Officials’ Harmful Speech, Argues Institute’s Litigation Director
But public interest dictates that even politicians’ ‘repugnant’ speech deserves a place on social media
By Bilal Choudhry