RSVP to Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University's "Regardless of Frontiers: The First Amendment and the Exchange of Ideas Across Borders," a 10/18 symposium exploring the international border as a venue, justification, or pretext for #censorship or #surveillance. https://lnkd.in/e55RXU47
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Legal Services
New York, NY 1,741 followers
Defending the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age.
About us
The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, and public education. Its aim is to promote a system of free expression that is open and inclusive, that broadens and elevates public discourse, and that fosters creativity, accountability, and effective self-government.
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https://knightcolumbia.org/
External link for Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- First Amendment, Litigation, Research, Public Education, Events, and Advocacy
Locations
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Primary
475 Riverside Drive
Suite 302
New York, NY 10115, US
Employees at Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
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Lorraine Kenny
Communications Director at Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
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George Wang
Staff Attorney at Knight First Amendment Institute
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Candace White
Deputy Director of Communications & Digital Strategy, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
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Olivia Hiltbrand
J.D. Candidate at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Updates
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Last week, relying heavily on First Amendment and press freedom concerns raised by Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press's brief, a New York federal court ruled that U.S. border agents must obtain a warrant to search electronic devices. More in TechCrunch. https://lnkd.in/gaGYCbZi
US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules | TechCrunch
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JOB ALERT: Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University seeks recent law school graduates to join as legal fellows to help litigate groundbreaking First Amendment cases and contribute to the Institute's research and public education initiatives. Deadline: 9/2/24. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eKXkc8ve
Legal Fellow
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Applications for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University’s fall ‘24 research & communications internship close this Sunday, 7/28, at 11:59pm. Columbia University & Barnard College students, apply now! https://lnkd.in/eDKFyrzR
Fall 2024 Research & Communications Internship
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This week, a federal court ruled that a warrant is required for device searches at the border, citing a Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University & Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press amicus brief and echoing concerns about chilling effects of warrantless searches on free speech and #pressfreedom. More here: https://lnkd.in/eG-kQmbY
Federal Court Says Warrant Required for Device Searches at the Border
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NEW ESSAY: In “A Public Service Media Perspective on the Algorithmic Amplification of Cultural Content,” Georgina Born of UCL & Fernando Diaz of Carnegie Mellon University analyze the cultural significance of music recommender systems. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gP4QbfBb
A Public Service Media Perspective on the Algorithmic Amplification of Cultural Content
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Today, we're publishing a new essay collection, part of RonNell Andersen Jones & Sonja R. West's Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University project "The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times." Learn more about the project and read all the papers at the link. https://lnkd.in/e9YBfkhF
The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times
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INTERNSHIP ALERT: Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University is accepting applications from Columbia University & Barnard College students for our fall 2024 research & communications internship. Deadline is 7/28. Details: https://lnkd.in/eDKFyrzR
Fall 2024 Research & Communications Internship
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EVENT: On 10/18, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University will host "Regardless of Frontiers: The First Amendment and the Exchange of Ideas Across Borders" at Columbia University and online. Participants include legal scholars, historians, technologists, and immigration attorneys. Details below & RSVP at the link. The symposium will explore the changing role of the international border as a venue, justification, or pretext for censorship or #surveillance, and as an obstacle to censorship and persecution by foreign governments. It will feature new scholarship on the scope of First Amendment rights of non-citizens, foreign speech and listeners’ rights, and surveillance and intimidation of activists. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/eBm9zSeK
Regardless of Frontiers: First Amendment & Exchange of Ideas Across Borders
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NEW BLOG POST: University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law's Lyrissa Lidsky discusses the difficulties of creating incentives for press accountability through defamation law. Read the post here: https://lnkd.in/enPJtr9T
Defamation Law and the Crumbling Legitimacy of the Fourth Estate
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