Reading Room Document

Procedures followed by this Government in resolving inter-departmental administrative disputes

July 25, 1951

The OLC's Opinions

Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit

Issues

Free Speech & Social Media

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

Privacy & Surveillance

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Why is The U.S. Still Probing Foreign Visitors’ Social Media Accounts?

Many people expected the Biden administration to end a Trump-era policy. Instead, the administration is expanding it.

Transparency & Democracy

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A Safe Harbor for Platform Research

Knight Institute policy paper proposes legal protection for certain research and newsgathering projects focused on platforms

Events

Columbia University and online

Lies, Free Speech, and the Law

A symposium exploring how the law regulates or should regulate false and misleading speech
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