Susanna Granieri is the senior staff writer at First Amendment Watch and lead researcher on The SLAPP Back Initiative, a first-of-its-kind database tracking strategic lawsuits against public participation. She previously reported on politics and policy for the Albany-based Legislative Gazette and investigated the use of faulty forensic science in death penalty convictions with the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. She is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz and the Columbia Journalism School.
Susanna Granieri
Senior Staff Writer
Does the First Amendment Protect Doctors Who Spread COVID-19 Misinformation?
Years after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, disputes over discipline for doctors who allegedly spread COVID-19 misinformation are still playing out in court.
Professor Sues Mayo Clinic For Alleged Retaliation For Media Interviews
Mayo is a private college, but the lawsuit argues that the professor's punishment is in direct conflict with Mayo’s free speech and academic freedom policy.
Journalist Sues Ohio City Over Arrest During Live Television Broadcast
Evan Lambert, a Washington, D.C.- based correspondent for the television network NewsNation, claimed the arrest violated his First Amendment rights.
Dispute Over ‘Trump Too Small’ Trademark for T-Shirts Reaches Supreme Court
The court will weigh the First Amendment right to free speech against federal trademark law, and experts are wary that speech could ultimately be chilled.
Supreme Court Considers Whether Public Officials Can Block Critics on Social Media
The two cases are the first of several controversies appearing before the high court in the coming months about free speech protections online.
New York AG Spars With FIRE Over Social Media Moderation of ‘Hateful Content’
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech advocacy group, opened a new front in its ongoing legal battle over New York's attempts to regulate online speech.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Seeking Reconsideration of Defamation Protections
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case requesting the reconsideration of the “actual malice” standard as applied to public officials in media defamation cases.
Press Freedom Advocates Urge DOJ to Explain Raid on Journalist Tim Burke
Press freedom advocates sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for “greater transparency” from the DOJ regarding its raid of journalist Tim Burke’s home.