Content Moderation
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Event
Surveillance Ascendant, Democracy in Free Fall
A convening addressing the threats to speech and privacy enabled by commercial surveillance in our quickly shifting democratic landscape
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Essays and Scholarship
The Long Online Shadow of the Material Support Law
How the Supreme Court's ruling on a law meant to curb support to foreign terrorist groups has impacted our own domestic political discourse
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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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Institute Update
Institute Files Amicus Brief in Murthy v. Missouri
Urges Court to clarify the First Amendment limitations on government efforts to pressure speech intermediaries into suppressing speech
By Jennifer Jones -
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Press Statement
In Cases Involving Florida and Texas Social Media Laws, Knight Institute Urges Supreme Court to Reject “Extreme” Arguments Made by States and Platforms
Says Court should invalidate efforts to distort public discourse but leave room for carefully drawn laws relating to privacy, transparency, interoperability
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Essays and Scholarship
Anonymity, Identity, and Lies
Contrary to assumptions about user identification in online contexts, anonymity can often be part of a healthy digital public sphere.
By Artur Pericles Lima Monteiro -
Deep Dive
The Government’s Unbalanced Speech Rights Schema
The Fifth Circuit reopened the channels of political communication.
By Michael Glennon -
Deep Dive
Jawboned
Dispatches from two former tech platform employees.
By Katie Harbath & Matt Perault -
Deep Dive
Curtailing Anti-Democratic Populism is the Only Durable Solution to Jawboning
An exploration of the political tightrope that platforms struggle to walk.
By Dean Jackson -
Deep Dive
The Unambiguous First Amendment Law of Government Jawboning
Missouri v. Biden and the political war over content moderation.
By Enrique Armijo -
Deep Dive
The Jawboning Forests and Trees
Systemic problems require systemic solutions.
By Evelyn Douek -
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Deep Dive
Missouri v. Biden: An Opportunity to Clarify Messy First Amendment Doctrine
On the legality of "jawboning," more clarity is needed.
By Jennifer Jones & Mayze Teitler -
Deep Dive
Getting the Facts Straight: Some Observations on the Fifth Circuit Ruling in Missouri v. Biden
In jawboning claims, factual details are crucial. And the Fifth Circuit's narrative is not supported by the facts or the known timeline.
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Institute Update
Knight Institute Announces Scholars, Litigators, and Tech Policy Experts Who Will Participate in Initiative on Jawboning and the First Amendment
On Friday, October 20, the Knight Institute will host a closed convening at Columbia University to explore the question of jawboning.
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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
By Arvind Narayanan -
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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Podcast
"Views on First": Season 1
What happens when social media collides with the First Amendment?
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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
By Evelyn Douek & Genevieve Lakier -
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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
By A. Adam Glenn -
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
By A. Adam Glenn -
Quick Take
"Information Disorder" Report Calls for Social Media Transparency
Aspen Institute commission calls on Congress to protect researchers who study social media
By A. Adam Glenn -
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