This is HUAC-level abuse of power and anyone who cares about the freedoms of speech, assembly, and petition in this country should be apalled by it. freebeacon.com/wp-content/upl…

Literally no one has more authority among human rights advocates than Aryeh Neier, who came to the US as a refugee from Nazi Germany, led the ACLU, founded Human Rights Watch, and then served as President of the Open Society Foundations. nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

For Knight First Amendment Institute's podcast, 'War & Speech,' I talked with jelani cobb, Dean of Columbia's Journalism School, and Isabella Ramírez, EIC of the Columbia Daily Spectator, about press freedom and the crisis at Columbia. knightcolumbia.org/content/views-…

I can’t say that I’m surprised, but definitely excited to see this amazing documentary get the accolades it deserves! Proud to have been a part of the film.

#JournalismIsNotACrime

My latest in The Klonickles with Margo Williams --

The Anti-TikTok Law explaining the legal and political background to the so-called 'TikTok Ban'

HT Nick Frisch, Dan Wang, Jameel Jaffer Anupam Chander
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Regardless of Frontiers. Knight First Amendment Institute invites submissions for our fall symposium exploring the changing role of the international border as a justification for censorship. 5/31 deadline: knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-for-…

BREAKING: another resignation from USG, this time from Department of Defense 🇺🇸 Intelligence Agency, by Cpt Harrison Mann. His resignation letter cites 'the nearly unqualified support for the government of Israel, which has enabled & empowered killing & starvation of tens of thousands of…

University administrators and political leaders who complain that students too-often caricature their opponents rather than listen to them should listen to their students rather than caricature them. (This is a really good piece by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.) newyorker.com/news/essay/the…

Well done. Please watch.

FCC chairman needs a new First Amendment lawyer.

This is excellent.

FRONT PAGE TAKEOVER: Los Angeles Times features Knight First Amendment Institute's short documentary 'Flashpoint,' that sheds light on the role and rights of the #press while covering protests. It also sets the stage for a larger conversation about the need for reform. Watch here: latimes.com/shortdocs

Yes, police are deliberately targeting U.S. journalists with violence to discourage newsgathering during crackdowns on protests. It’s documented in this 20-minute video. Featuring Joel Simon

The Los Angeles Times feature on Flashpoint, Knight First Amendment Institute's short doc about protests, the police, and the press, is *amazing*. It's at the top of the LA Times' homepage, and also here: latimes.com/shortdocs

Congressman jawboned Netchoice to ditch TikTok? Genevieve Lakier Evelyn Douek David Greene (davidgreene@bsky. & mstdn.social) Daphne Keller Anupam Chander Derek Bambauer Matt Perault

ICYMI: This week, Columbia Journalism dean jelani cobb and Columbia Daily Spectator EIC Isabella Ramírez joined Jameel Jaffer to discuss the crisis at Columbia, and the challenges of reporting on it. Listen to 'War & Speech' on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other platforms. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war…

Wait, what

Setting everything else in this clip aside, the baseless allegation that protesters are being 'paid' is the kind of thing one ordinarily expects to hear from, I don't know, Erdogan or Lukashenko. Really disturbing to hear this kind of thing from a US Senator.

Ep. 6 of 'War & Speech: The Crisis at Columbia' just dropped. Taped live at last week's 'Future of Press Freedom' symposium, Jameel Jaffer talks to Columbia Journalism's jelani cobb & Columbia Daily Spectator's Isabella Ramírez about reporting on recent events at Columbia.

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If a pro-Palestinian student had done this, it would have been labeled a terrorist attack, the president would have denounced it, Brett Stephens would have written eight columns about it, and Congress would already have resurrected the Alien and Sedition Acts.