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The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University works to advance the freedoms of speech and the press through litigation, research, and education.

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Thanks for the work of

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. The NYT has also filed a FOIA request for this information

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Apparently the Justice Department has written memos addressing when/whether the government can deploy spyware in the U.S. The Justice Department should release these memos. Yesterday, we filed a FOIA request asking it to do exactly that. nytimes.com/2022/01/28/mag

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We

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have a GREAT symposium coming up: Lies, Free Speech, and the Law, Apr. 7-8

. 13 new papers from excellent scholars including

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This week, we filed a #FOIA request asking

@TheJusticeDept

and other agencies to release records on the use of #spyware. It's important the public know how the government may or may not be using invasive digital #surveillance tech. #FOIAFriday

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FOIA Request (2/2/2022)

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Is counterspeech a realistic solution to the problem of mass public deception today? This is one of the questions our expert panel (

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& David Pozen) will tackle on 2/16. RSVP for the #LiesandtheLaw Roundtable #5:

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Lies and Counterspeech

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Final roundtable in

@knightcolumbia

's "Lies and the Law" series--this one focusing on "counterspeech" and featuring

David Pozen &

. 2/16 at 3:30, registration info below. Really looking forward to this one. knightcolumbia.org/events/lies-an

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Apparently the Justice Department has written memos addressing when/whether the government can deploy spyware in the U.S. The Justice Department should release these memos. Yesterday, we filed a FOIA request asking it to do exactly that.

The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon

A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.

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1st A Salons forum (2/15/22)

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@stone_geoffrey

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⁩President Lee C Bollinger, editors of NATIONAL SECURITY, LEAKS & FREEDOM OF THE PRESS (

, 2021). Reading the remarkable book this week. RECOMMENDED

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This is gong to be such an interesting conversation. Join us!

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Justice Kennedy said: “In a free society the proper remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true.” On 2/16, we'll convene @YBenkler, @akapczynski, David Pozen & @glakier to discuss if #counterspeech, fact checks, & labels can defang lies. RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/lies-an

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Justice Kennedy said: “In a free society the proper remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true.” On 2/16, we'll convene

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, David Pozen &

to discuss if #counterspeech, fact checks, & labels can defang lies. RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/lies-an

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Carnegie Endowment

In democracies, the AI regulation debate will transcend technical disagreements; they will provoke disagreements about how society regulates values. In

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, Carnegie President Tino Cuéllar and

lay out the challenges ahead:

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The Democratic Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

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Listen for more on why this is crucial for democratic governments & societies to consider today:

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NEW in our Data & Democracy series:

& Mariano-Florentino Cuellar

make their case for #AI #regulation & suggest we: 1) Consider holistic "AI systems" rather than the tech in isolation 2) Rethink a rights-based approach.

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We've asked #SCOTUS to overrule the forty-year-old precedent that is the foundation for the intelligence agencies' sprawling prepublication-review system. This excellent post from

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@jacklgoldsmith

explains why that precedent needs to go.

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Prepublication Review and the Quicksand Foundation of Snepp

A massive system of prior restraint hangs on an irregular Supreme Court footnote.

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Join us on 2/15 at 5 pm EST for a conversation w/

's President Lee C. Bollinger and

's Geoffrey R. Stone, moderated by

, "On National Security Leaks & Press Freedom: Charting a path forward." RSVP at the link:

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On National Security Leaks & Press Freedom: Charting a path forward

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New

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essay! Authors

and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar argue that, though #AI challenges our basic understandings of human agency and action, democratic control of the technology is very much possible.

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If you missed Friday's roundtable, Government Lies, you can watch the conversation w/

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), Helen Norton (

), & Sr. Visiting Research Scholar

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a good time to review a smart essay by

about the first amendment and the similarities and differences between social media platforms and, say, newspapers.

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Social Media Companies Want to Co-opt the First Amendment. Courts Shouldn’t Let Them.

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Today at 1 pm ET - listen to this brilliant group talk about government lies and what we can do about them. RSVP here: knightcolumbia.org/events/governm

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How do we prevent govt officials from lying to us? Very much looking forward to discussing this thorny question with @DavidLUban, @HinaShamsi, Helen Norton and Wendy Wagner TODAY at 1 EST/12 CST. Please join us! twitter.com/knightcolumbia…

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In 10 minutes: Tune in to our Government Lies roundtable to hear panelists tackle the thorny First Amendment question of what to do about government lies. Here's the livestream: youtu.be/FBJh7sDzuDw via

Government Lies: Is it possible to prevent the government’s lies or...

Of all the kinds of lies that proliferate in the public sphere, perhaps the most dangerous to the functioning of democratic government are government lies. T...

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You can still RSVP to our event at 1pm ET TODAY! Panelists from

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will discuss why government lies are especially harmful to democracy & what measures – if any – can be adopted to prevent them. eventbrite.com/e/government-l

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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Misinformation often comes from the top, and this looks like a great event to hear some perspectives on how to respond to that.

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Of all the lies proliferating in the public sphere, gov't lies are among the most dangerous. RSVP to hear @glakier, @HinaShamsi, @DavidLuban, Helen Norton, & Wendy Wagner unpack how such lies threaten democratic practices TOMORROW at 1pm ET. eventbrite.com/e/government-l

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Government lies are some of the most dangerous but also.. you know... some of the hardest to know what to do about. Who watches the watchmen who can't do much watching anyway because of the First Amendment? Looking forward to this!

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Of all the lies proliferating in the public sphere, gov't lies are among the most dangerous. RSVP to hear @glakier, @HinaShamsi, @DavidLuban, Helen Norton, & Wendy Wagner unpack how such lies threaten democratic practices TOMORROW at 1pm ET. eventbrite.com/e/government-l

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Government lies, and what to do about them--a

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roundtable, 1:00 today, featuring

Helen Norton & Wendy Wagner, registration info below.

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Of all the lies proliferating in the public sphere, gov't lies are among the most dangerous. RSVP to hear @glakier, @HinaShamsi, @DavidLuban, Helen Norton, & Wendy Wagner unpack how such lies threaten democratic practices TOMORROW at 1pm ET. eventbrite.com/e/government-l

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Genevieve Lakier

How do we prevent govt officials from lying to us? Very much looking forward to discussing this thorny question with

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, Helen Norton and Wendy Wagner TODAY at 1 EST/12 CST. Please join us!

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@knightcolumbia

Of all the lies proliferating in the public sphere, gov't lies are among the most dangerous. RSVP to hear @glakier, @HinaShamsi, @DavidLuban, Helen Norton, & Wendy Wagner unpack how such lies threaten democratic practices TOMORROW at 1pm ET. eventbrite.com/e/government-l

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Columbia University

Is it possible to prevent the government’s lies or limit their harms? Join

@knightcolumbia

's "Government Lies" event tomorrow, 1/28 at 1pm ET, to find out if it is.

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If you want to be the first to know when the OLC publishes opinions in its reading room, follow

@OLCforthepeople

. Read more about the tool here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/institute 3/

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Institute Releases New Tool to Track OLC Opinions

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On the heels of yesterday's release,

issued a statement today in support of the ERA's ratification, mentioning the OLC's conclusion that there is nothing standing in Congress's way. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ 2/

Statement from President Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment | The White House

Today, as the House announces a resolution on the Equal Rights Amendment, I once again want to express my support for the ERA loudly and clearly. I

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Yesterday, our new Twitter bot —

@OLCforthepeople

— tweeted for the first time, signaling that

@TheJusticeDept

's Office of Legal Counsel had just published a new opinion in its reading room. The opinion concerned ratification of the #ERA. 1/

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Of all the lies proliferating in the public sphere, gov't lies are among the most dangerous. RSVP to hear

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, Helen Norton, & Wendy Wagner unpack how such lies threaten democratic practices TOMORROW at 1pm ET. eventbrite.com/e/government-l

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And as

@knightcolumbia

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wrote in

last week, there are a number of other steps the administration can take to commit itself to more open government:

Opinion: Biden promised transparency. Has he delivered?

On President Joe Biden's first day in office, White House press secretary Jen Psaki pledged that the administration would "bring transparency and truth back to government." While the administration...

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How can the admin correct course? For one, it can finally reform the intel agencies' prepublication review system, which

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have challenged as having overbroad restrictions on the speech of former federal employees. More on the case:

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Abdo notes that: “People lose their jobs or get prosecuted if they release information that they shouldn’t, but they face no consequences for failing to disclose something the public needs to know. Unsurprisingly, that has bred a culture of secrecy in government.”

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While the Biden administration has taken promising steps toward greater government #transparency, overclassification continues to undermine the public interest. The problem is in part one of incentives,

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WSJ News Exclusive | Vast Troves of Classified Info Undermine National Security, Spy Chief Says

Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, says the current classification system strains intelligence agencies and erodes public trust.

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Freedom of the Press

@FreedomofPress

New Twitter bot from our friends at

@knightcolumbia

announces when the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel publishes new opinions. Read more: knightcolumbia.org/reading-room/o And give it a follow:

@OLCforthepeople

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The OLC's Opinions

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Oh, man. What a great job for a U.S. platform/speech regulation nerd, at

@knightcolumbia

. They are looking for something like seven years' experience, which sounds right for a gig this juicy and important.

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You heard it here first--newly published by the Office of Legal Counsel, delivered to your Twitter feed in seconds. Follow

@OLCforthepeople

, a project of

@knightcolumbia

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NEWLY PUBLISHED OLC OPINION 01/26/2022 Effect of 2020 OLC Opinion on Possible Congressional Action Regarding Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment justice.gov/olc/file/14660

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Are there reforms that could limit the government’s capacity to lie? RSVP to our panel this Friday 1/28 at 1pm ET. Don’t miss

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, Helen Norton & Wendy Wagner as they discuss ways to address this threat to #democracy. knightcolumbia.org/events/governm

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I love this tool - amazing work from

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Today at @knightcolumbia, we’re releasing a tool to improve access to opinions authored by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. It’s a Twitter account — @OLCforthepeople — that lets you know every time the OLC publishes an opinion in its reading room. 1/

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You can also read this

op-ed to learn more.

miamiherald.com

‘Immigration judges will fight Justice Department’s attempt to silence us’ | Opinion

The U.S. Department of Justice has targeted the nation’s immigration judges in a coordinated campaign to prevent them from contributing to the ongoing and important public dialogue on immigration....

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