Technology Companies
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Files Amicus Brief in X Corp. v. Media Matters
Says forced disclosure of donor list raises First Amendment concerns and has chilling effects
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Hearing in Federal TikTok Ban Case
Upholding TikTok ban would do profound damage to our democracy, Institute says
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Upcoming D.C. Circuit Argument in Federal TikTok Ban Case
Ban violates the First Amendment by restricting Americans from accessing foreign media, Institute says
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Press Statement
Federal Court Says National Institutes of Health Censored Critics on Social Media in Violation of First Amendment
Knight Institute, PETA, and Animal Legal Defense Fund say decision is victory for free speech online
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Urges Supreme Court to Reject “Extreme” Arguments Made by States and Platforms in Cases Involving State Social Media Laws
Says decision could have enormous impact on free speech online
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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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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Proposed TikTok Ban
Says ban of speech platform would raise serious First Amendment concerns
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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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Event
Spyware and the Press
A discussion about the threat that malicious surveillance technology poses to press freedom around the world
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Welcomes Formal Introduction of “Platform Transparency and Accountability Act”
Bill includes important protections to support independent research and journalism on digital platforms
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Essays and Scholarship
Privacy, Autonomy, and the Dissolution of Markets
Pathways from platform capitalism
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Essays and Scholarship
The Great Reckoning
Lessons from 1940s media policy battles
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Quick Take
On Panel, Institute Attorney Warns of Legal Obstacles to Public-Interest Research on Internet Platforms
Krishnan points to Knight Institute's “safe harbor” proposal and just-released policy paper
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Essays and Scholarship
A Safe Harbor for Platform Research
Knight Institute policy paper proposes legal protection for certain research and newsgathering projects focused on platforms
By Alex Abdo , Ramya Krishnan , Stephanie Krent , Evan Welber Falcón & Andrew Keane Woods -
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Welcomes Introduction of Bipartisan “Platform Transparency and Accountability Act”
Discussion draft includes protections for journalists and researchers who study social media platforms
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Essays and Scholarship
A Standard for Universal Digital Ad Transparency
Proposal spells out criteria that trigger transparency requirement, with ad data to be collected by government agency
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Press Statement
The Knight Institute Comments on a Federal Court’s Decision to Block Texas’ New Social Media Law
Says the law has far-reaching implications for free speech online
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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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Deep Dive
Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less
Facebook is increasingly using its terms of service to crush not only research but also tools that give users more control over their data and platform experience
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Quick Take
Institute Litigation Director Troubled Over Future of Research on Facebook
Knight Institute believes platform is trying to silence independent research into its ad-related practices
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Quick Take
Is the First Amendment Up to the Task in the Digital Age?
Knight Institute Director Jameel Jaffer on the future of free speech amid threats from private actors
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Press Statement
Researchers, NYU, Knight Institute Condemn Facebook’s Effort to Squelch Independent Research about Misinformation
Say Facebook is moving to silence independent research into Facebook’s practices regarding political advertising, the spread of COVID 19 misinformation, and efforts to conceal the promotion of violence on January 6
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Former President Trump’s Lawsuit against Facebook
Says it’s a stunt and difficult to square with Trump’s actions in office
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Facebook’s Two-Year Suspension of Trump’s Account and Its New “Public Figures” Protocol
Calls, again, for an independent investigation into how Facebook’s design and engineering contributed to the events of January 6
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Press Statement
Genevieve Lakier and evelyn douek to Join Knight Institute as Visiting Research Scholars
Both scholars to address questions relating to public discourse
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Press Statement
Facebook Oversight Board Should Delay Ruling on Suspension of Trump, Knight Institute Says
Calls for independent investigation to assess how Facebook’s platform may have contributed to events of January 6th
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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
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Press Statement
Researchers, Knight Institute Condemn Facebook Effort to Squelch Research on Disinformation
Say independent research into the platform is crucial
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Trump Administration’s Ban on Transactions with TikTok and WeChat
Says ban raises serious First Amendment concerns
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Press Statement
Knight Institute Comments on Executive Orders Aimed at Banning TikTok and WeChat in the United States
Says bans raise serious First Amendment concerns
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Essays and Scholarship
Collaboration and Competition in Information and News During Antitrust’s Formative Era
Tracing the history of the interplay between competition, the free flow of information, and democratic values in Supreme Court opinions
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Analysis
A Cyberbully in the Oval Office
Executive order aimed at regulating social media is a profoundly dangerous attempt to punish Twitter for its speech
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Essays and Scholarship
Social Media Regulation in the Public Interest: Some Lessons from History
Examining past abuses of the ‘public interest’ standard to argue against expanding antitrust authority
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Essays and Scholarship
The Limits of Antimonopoly Law as a Solution to the Problems of the Platform Public Sphere
Arguing which antimonopoly tools do and don't matter
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Essays and Scholarship
How to Regulate (and Not Regulate) Social Media
Creating incentives for social media companies to be responsible and trustworthy institutions
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Essays and Scholarship
[The] Breakup Speech: Can Antitrust Fix the Relationship Between Platforms and Free Speech Values?
Avoiding antitrust when competition isn't the problem
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Essays and Scholarship
Digital Information Fidelity and Friction
Crafting a systems-level approach to transparency
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Video
Highlights from The Tech Giants, Monopoly Power, and Public Discourse
Five panelists talk about freedom of speech and big tech
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Essays and Scholarship
From Private Bads to Public Goods: Adapting Public Utility Regulation for Informational Infrastructure
Dismantling surveillance-based business models
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Essays and Scholarship
The National Security Case for Breaking Up Big Tech
Reframing the tech giants' role in an era of great power competition
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Institute Update
New Essay Series: The Tech Giants, Monopoly Power, and Public Discourse
Addressing the tech giants' control over a wide range of economic and expressive activity
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Essays and Scholarship
The Case for Digital Public Infrastructure
Harnessing past successes in public broadcasting to build community-oriented digital tools
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Press Statement
Leading Legal Scholars, Economists, and Technologists to Headline Fall Symposium
"The Tech Giants, Monopoly Power, and Public Discourse" will examine free speech implications of "breaking up" today's giant online platforms
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Institute Update
Knight Institute to Convene Symposium on Tech Giants, Monopoly Power, and Public Discourse
Symposium to explore whether anti-monopoly tools could be used to address platforms' power over public discourse