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Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference 11 (2023)

Friday, April 28: Baker Hall, 100 Tower Pkwy

8:00 – 8:45 AM: Registration (BH 126) and Breakfast (Hurst Center)

8:45 – 9:00 AM: INTRODUCTION – FLOYD ABRAMS (Hurst Center)

9:00 – 10:00 AM: BREAKOUT SESSION

RoomAuthor                        Article                                                         
BH 122        

Enrique Armijo

Discussant: Alexander Tsesis

The Content Discrimination Two-Step Post-Reed and Austin
BH 124        

Marshall Van Alstyne 

Discussant: Ashutosh Bhagwat

Information Economics, Fake News & Free Speech   
BH 128        

Mehtab Khan

Discussant: Elisabeth Paar

Algorithmic Speech Governance: From Content Moderation to Content Generation 

10:00 – 10:15 AM: Break (BH 126)

10:15 – 11:15 AM: BREAKOUT SESSION

RoomAuthor                        Article                                                         
BH 122        

Pinchas Huberman    

Discussant: Marc Blitz

A Relational Theory of the Constitutional Concept of Free Speech
BH 124        

Marina Federico        

Discussant: Pauline Trouillard

Have We Forgotten Freedom of Information? A Comparative Analysis of Europe, Italy and the United States                                                               
BH 128        

Janet Freilich             

Discussant: Heidi Kitrosser

Government Misinformation Platforms                    

11:15 – 11:30 AM: Break (BH 126)

11:30 – 12:30 PM: BREAKOUT SESSION

RoomAuthor                        Article                                                         
BH 122        

Rafael Nunes             

Discussant: Anupam Chander

Old But Gold: Rule of Law, Credible Commitment, and Old School Speech Regulation in Singapore                                                                    
BH 124        

Daniel E. Rauch         

Discussant: Joseph Blocher
 

Defamation as Democracy Tort                                                  
BH 128        

Pauline Trouillard     

Discussant: Kate Klonick
 

How the Myth of Broadcasting Scarcity Affected Platform Regulation (And What We Can Do About It)

12:30 – 1:30 PM: Lunch (Hurst Center)

1:30 – 3:00 PM: PLENARY – PLATFORM REGULATION AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT  - Room: BH 116     

Moderator: Rachael L. Jones

AuthorArticle

Xiangnong (George) Wang
 
Pressing the Platforms: Infrastructure and Voice in First Amendment Analysis

Francesca Procaccini
 
Social Net Work                                          

Claudia E. Haupt
 
Democratic Self-Defense in the Social Media Platform Age  

3:00 – 3:15 PM: Break (BH 126)

3:15 – 4:15 PM: BREAKOUT SESSION

RoomAuthor                        Article                                                         
BH 122        

Erin Miller                

Discussant: Jack M. Balkin

Why a Free Speech Theory Cannot Be Timeless        
BH 124        

Belabbes Benkredda 

Discussant: Adam Posluns

The Public Sphere's Determinants of Health                                             
BH 128        

Alexander Tsesis       

Discussant: Spencer Livingstone
 

Levels of Free Speech Scrutiny

4:15 – 4:30 PM: Break (BH 126)

4:30 – 5:30 PM: BREAKOUT SESSION

RoomAuthor                        Article                                                         
BH 122        

Brenda Dvoskin         

Discussant: Samantha Barbas

Speech Giants: Between Civil Society and Regulation           
BH 124        

Greg Day                   

Discussant: Ron Krotosynzki

Antitrust, Misinformation, and the Truth                                                                             
BH 128        

Brian Soucek             

Discussant: Amanda Shanor
 

Speech First, Equality Last                                                       

Saturday, April 29:  Sterling Law Building, 127 Wall Street

8:30 – 9:00 AM: Registration (SLB 122) and Breakfast (Dining Hall)

9:00 – 10:00 AM: PLENARY – THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH TODAY – Room SLB 129

Moderator:  Mary Anne Franks 

AuthorArticle

Robert Post             
The Unfortunate Consequences of a Misguided Free Speech Principle      

Jack M. Balkin        
Free Speech versus The First Amendment               

10:00 – 10:15 AM: Break (SLB 122)

10:15 – 11:15 AM: BREAKOUT SESSION

RoomAuthor                        Article                                                         
SLB 121                

Hannah Bloch-Wehba 

Discussant:  Jenny Carroll

The Promise and Perils of Tech Whistleblowing     
SLB 128         

James Grimmelmann & Pengfei Zhang 

Discussant: Elettra Bietti

An Economic Model of Intermediary Liability                                                                            
SLB 129         

Artur Pericles L. Monteiro 

Discussant: Akriti Gaur

Social Media Federalism                                             

11:15 – 11:30 AM: Break (SLB 122)

11:30 – 12:30 PM: BREAKOUT SESSION

RoomAuthor                        Article                                                         
SLB 121                

Deborah Pearlstein

Discussant: Alan Chen

Legal Fictions: Bending the First Amendment to the Rule of Law   
SLB 128         

Gilad Abiri & Sebastian Guidi 

Discussant:  Hannah Bloch-Wehba

The Internet Federation                                                
SLB 129         

Anabelle Torek & Ariana Aboulafia 

Discussant: RonNell Andersen Jones

On Falsely Shouting "Fire" in a Digital Public Sphere: Misinformation and the First Amendment

12:30 – 2:30 PM: LUNCH & PLENARY – THE MODERN PRESS CLAUSE – Room SLB 129

Moderator: Jacob Schriner-Briggs

AuthorArticle

RonNell Andersen Jones & Sonja R. West
 
Presuming Trustworthiness            

Erin C. Carrol  
 
The Violence of Free Speech and Press Metaphors                     

Christina Koningisor & Lyrissa Lidsky  
 
First Amendment Disequilibrium