The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
Knight First Amendment Institute
Loading...
What did torture do to American law?
Episode 4 of “Lawyering Without Law” drops this Friday. Alberto Mora, former General Counsel of the Navy, joins @katygb.bsky.social and Madhav Khosla to discuss how the Bush administration’s post-9/11 authorization of torture still shapes the rule of law today.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of New Yorkers whose vehicle data has been captured by WCPD's system, including drivers, advocates, and public servants.
“I shouldn’t have to feel watched every time I get behind the wheel,” said Sarah Moore, one of the named plaintiffs. “No one should.”
A record of where people drive can become a record of how they live, who they see, and how they organize.
Mass surveillance like this threatens the privacy and freedoms people rely on to participate fully in public life.
Learn more: knightcolumbia.org/cases/umemot...
ICYMI: Episode 3 of ”Lawyering Without Law” is live.
Pearlstein joins @katygb.bsky.social to discuss legal ethics, the rule of law, and what happens when politics overtakes the rules meant to constrain it.
Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2609059/epis...
Recent @nytimes.com reporting shows federal judges increasingly questioning whether Justice Department lawyers can be taken at their word.
Several recent rulings have criticized government lawyers for withholding information or making assertions that later proved inconsistent with the facts.
Westchester police are turning everyday driving into a searchable record of people’s lives.
The county’s warrantless vehicle surveillance system collects hundreds of millions of vehicle records.
Today, the Institute, @nyclu.org, the Policing Project, and Freshfields filed a lawsuit challenging it.
How can we better insulate federal funding to universities from political interference?
In a new essay, @dorfonlaw.bsky.social proposes new models for distributing research funds outside direct government control to help protect research and academic freedom.
So what happened to DOJ lawyers?
@debpearlstein.bsky.social argues that they were long perceived as being at the top of the profession. But when partisanship started paying off, it created an incentive loop that helps explain where we are now.
If law no longer has to answer to reality, it starts to lose the thing that makes it law, says @debpearlstein.bsky.social.
Episode 3 of "Lawyering Without Law" is now live. She talks legal ethics, professional norms, and what happens when politics overtakes the rules meant to constrain it.
Spyware manufacturer NSO Group is at it again.
Despite a permanent injunction secured by WhatsApp last year, NSO Group is reportedly behind a new spear-phishing scheme targeting WhatsApp users. 1/
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
