Reading Room Document

USCIS FOIA Final Response Letter

Response letter to Knight's 8/7/2017 FOIA request from USCIS.

June 29, 2018

Ideological Screening at the Border

Documents released in our FOIA lawsuit for records on the "extreme vetting" program

Issues

Free Speech & Social Media

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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

Privacy & Surveillance

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Federal Court Says Warrant Required for Device Searches at the Border

Cites concerns about chilling effects of warrantless searches on free speech & press freedom

Transparency & Democracy

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The Press and American Democracy

Identifying four distinct constitutional functions of "the press"

Events

Riverside Church and online

Regardless of Frontiers: The First Amendment and the Exchange of Ideas Across Borders

A symposium and exhibition exploring the international border as a venue, justification, or pretext for censorship or surveillance
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