Friday, October 15, 2021
ISP Panels Tackle the Facebook Files and Democracy
On Oct. 7, 2021, the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School organized two panels with leading activists and academics, titled “The Facebook Files: What Next? Answers from Activism and Academia,” to discuss new revelations about Facebook.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
In Yale Forum, Whistleblower Warns of How Facebook Promotes Violence
New Haven Register
A news report describes an Information Society Project panel discussion featuring a former Facebook employee who is now speaking out against the company.
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Facebook Whistleblower to Headline Yale Law Panel on Tech’s Failures, Fixes
Reuters
Reuters previews the Information Society Project’s panel “The Facebook Files: What’s Next?”
Saturday, June 12, 2021
America’s New Gilded Age: The Cycles of Constitutional Time
Governing
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin is interviewed about his new book, The Cycles of Constitutional Time.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Facebook’s Oversight Board Was Supposed to Let Facebook Off the Hook. It didn’t. — A Commentary by Jack Balkin and Kate Klonick ’18 Ph.D.
The Washington Post
Jack Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School. Kate Klonick is an Assistant Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law and an Affiliated Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
Friday, March 19, 2021
MFIA Clinic to Host its Annual FOIA Bootcamp April 7, 2021
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic will host its annual FOIA Bootcamp on April 7, 2021.
Monday, March 8, 2021
WIII White Paper Series Tackles Responses to Misinformation
The Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information (WIII) announced the launch of a new white paper series which explores novel regulatory responses to misinformation.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Supreme Court Term Limits—Here’s the Best Option
Bloomberg Law
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin is quoted in Bloomberg Law about Supreme Court term limits.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us
The New York Times
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin is quoted in the New York Times about the effect of social media on democracy.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Trump’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Impeachment Defenses
Slate / The Gist
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin was interviewed on Slate’s podcast, The Gist, about political polarization.