Negative theory recognizes the press’s vulnerability to government retaliation.
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Press Freedom
Surveilling journalists to discover their sources. Using the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers for disclosing information to the press that the public should know. Arresting and attacking journalists reporting on social unrest. Criminalizing the kinds of activities that journalists engage in routinely and as a necessary part of their work. Serious threats, all, to the freedom of the press.
This blog channel highlights the Institute’s ongoing work to preserve and strengthen free press protections in the digital age.
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Deep Dive: The Future of Press Freedom: Scholars Series, Press Freedom
The Enduring Significance of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
Sullivan protects fundamental press functions—its overruling would be devastating.
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Deep Dive: The Future of Press Freedom: Scholars Series, Press Freedom
“MURDER THE MEDIA”: Press Freedom, Violence, and the Public Sphere
Exploring the relationship between the press and violence in a democratic society
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Deep Dive: The Future of Press Freedom: Scholars Series, Press Freedom
A Professional Wrestler, Privacy, and the Meaning of News
How a more sacrosanct approach to terms like “press” and “news” can help privacy cases
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Deep Dive: The Future of Press Freedom: Scholars Series, Press Freedom
The Press and American Democracy
Identifying four distinct constitutional functions of "the press"
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Podcast
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Podcast
"Views on First: War & Speech"
An exploration of the free speech fallout of the war in Israel and Gaza
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Documentary
Flashpoint: Protests, Policing, and the Press
A Knight Institute production
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Lawsuit
The Foundation for Global Political Exchange v. Department of the Treasury
A case challenging OFAC’s suppression of the exchange of political ideas
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Deep Dive
In a victory for free speech, lawsuit challenging mail digitization in jails will move forward
Case brought by incarcerated people and their loved ones in San Mateo, California
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