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- Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference 11 (2023)
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
| Room | Author | 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
| Room | Author | 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
| Room | Author | 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
| Author |
Article |
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
| Room | Author | 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
| Room | Author | 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
| Author |
Article |
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
| Room | Author | 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
| Room | Author | 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
| Author |
Article |
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 |