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January 11, 2019

Floyd Abrams, attorney, author and prominent legal authority on the First Amendment, spoke with First Amendment Watch about the Pentagon Papers, press rights, and libel law at the National Conference on the First Amendment at Duquesne University.

Amy Gajda, Professor of Law at Tulane University Law School, speaks with First Amendment Watch about Gawker, privacy, and Section 230 at the National Conference on the First Amendment at Duquesne University.

Sree Sreenivasan, Co-founder of Digimentors and former professor and associate dean of Columbia Journalism School, spoke with First Amendment Watch about social media platforms and hate speech at the National Conference on the First Amendment at Duquesne University.

Mary Beth Tinker, free speech plaintiff in Tinker vs. Des Moines, speaks about her case and civic engagement among youth at the National Conference on the First Amendment at Duquesne University.

FAW spoke with Jacob Mchangama, founder and executive director of Justitia and host of the podcast “Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech” about free speech and press freedom in the era of Trump.

Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed, spoke with First Amendment Watch about the decision to publish the Steele dossier and other current First Amendment controversies.

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