Surveillance
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Op-ed
What Is America’s Spy Court Hiding From the Public?
Unnecessary secrecy about government surveillance is bad for the intelligence agencies, the spy court, and our democracy
By Jameel Jaffer , Theodore Olson & David Cole -
Quick Take
Biden Administration Continues to Defend Social Media Registration Requirement in Court
Indicates that it may retain Trump-era requirement
By Carrie DeCell -
Op-ed
A New Consensus Around Transparency and National Security Surveillance
Civil libertarian arguments that were dismissed a decade ago are now broadly accepted, even at the highest levels of the intelligence community
By Jameel Jaffer & Patrick C. Toomey -
Quick Take
A Promising First Step Towards Curtailing Social Media Surveillance
Agency rejects proposed expansion of dangerous screening and vetting policy
By Xiangnong (George) Wang -
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Quick Take
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 -
Analysis
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
By Jameel Jaffer & Ramya Krishnan -
Advocacy
Statement from the Staff of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Calls for reforms to protect protest and press rights and end police violence
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Press Statement
Twitter, Reddit File in Support of Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Government’s Social Media Registration Requirement for Visa Applicants
Companies argue that policy unquestionably chills a vast quantity of speech
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Analysis
Can Governments Track the Pandemic and Still Protect Privacy?
A new European contact-tracing tool looks promising
By Carrie DeCell -
Institute Update
Leading Legal Scholars and Technologists to Contribute to “Data and Democracy” Symposium
Symposium will take place online, October 15-16, 2020
By Katy Glenn Bass