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Katie Fallow
@katiefallow.bsky.social
Dep. Litigation Dir., Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Cat enthusiast.
The Trump administration tried to use visa denials and deportation to silence researchers who study social media. A court said no. Sunday Tagliasacchi and Elisabeth Snyder, former legal externs at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, break down the CITR v. Rubio ruling.
Trump Cannot Use Immigration Law to Silence Technology Researchers
Sunday Tagliasacchi and Elisabeth Snyder detail an initial court victory for the Coalition for Independent Technology Research in CITR v. Rubio.
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Unfortunately for David Ellison this is transparently laughable after what Bari Weiss has already done at CBS and it will be very funny if her genius moves fuck up a $100 billion merger www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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On Monday evening, Haitian workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport burst into tears as they were asked to turn in their badges. Marlene, 47, a single mother who has worked as an airport janitor for 12 years, said she has been sick to her stomach.
Airports, nursing homes and schools brace for disruption without Haitian workers
The Trump administration and courts are at odds over whether about 350,000 Haitians have officially lost humanitarian protections, but employers are already letting workers go.
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IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...
Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage
Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."
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🚨 ICE just pepper sprayed a woman for filming them. This is inexcusable. We all have the right to film ICE in public spaces. ICE has no place in New York - but if you see federal immigration agents on the streets, make sure you know your rights about filming ICE 👇
Your Right to Film ICE and Federal Law Enforcement - NYCLU
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Latina Immigrant🐸 #NoKings🚫👑@jasmine29.bsky.social · 6d agoICE in Inwood, NY
This was written by former head writer for @colbertlateshow.bsky.social, Jay Katsir, and it’s brilliant. Long live @colbertlateshow.bsky.social!
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 7d ago"Snuggle Alert! There’s an adorable new critter burning up the internet, and by clicking through to this article, you have consented to meet Zurbo, and any attempt to cease beyond this point will be considered a breach of contract in all known jurisdictions."
Great news: you can use the em-dash again. We studied a lot of AI prose, a lot of our own, and that of other journalistic outfits and books. The analysis found that today's models uses the em-dash slightly less than we do. www.economist.com/culture/2026...
How to spot AI writing
Large language models like long words and em-dashes—or do they?
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New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...
LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.
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Great reporting from our student journalists at the Duke Chronicle on increases for the most highly paid Duke employees in the wake of unnecessary massive layoffs: www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
As cost-cutting began, Duke’s highest-paid employees took big raises
Tax filings reveal administrators, including President Vincent Price and Provost Alex Gallimore, saw their compensation rise in fiscal year 2025. Managers of Duke’s endowment and standout athletics co...
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This is why we need legislation to give people a way to sue the federal government for 1st Amendment and other constitutional violations, because the Supreme Court eviscerated any implied rights of action against federal officers.
Joe Dudek@joedudekjd.bsky.social · last wk.Even when these cases resolve in the defendant’s favor—especially when they do—they are gross abuses of prosecutorial and arrest power. They violently abducted someone, even if in the form of a lawful arrest, and the abduction was the punishment.
“boy george admits he used AI to create his new pro-israel song” is now a sentence we can say
Police arrested a teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last week. They went to the meeting of Emporia, Kansas City Commission to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land. @mjgault.bsky.social reports www.404media.co/person-oppos...
Excellent piece on the @knightcolumbia.org’s recent court victory for tech researchers by our amazing summer interns!
Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · last wk.The Trump administration tried to use visa denials and deportation to silence researchers who study social media. A court just said no. Sunday Tagliasacchi and Elisabeth Snyder, former legal externs at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, break down the CITR v. Rubio ruling.
Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.
Spotify's AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop
Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.
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It takes a lot of courage for students to tell their principals they're wrong, even when the law is on their side. But as Ben and Madison suggest here, it's just another day in the life of a student journalist. We were proud to offer them our support.
WIRED@wired.com · 2w agoAn Instagram post about Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to wealthy communities in Marin County, CA, turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.
“.. when you have the president of the United States standing inside the White House delivering an important speech, I think that’s something that broadcasters should be carrying,” Carr said. @variety.com $DIS variety.com/2026/tv/news...
BREAKING: Federal judge questions Hegseth's "High-T" military plan in light of Trump's anti-trans ban. Judge Ana Reyes wants to know "the Department’s basis for treating trans men and other service members differently." New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge questions Hegseth's "High-T" military plan in light of Trump's anti-trans ban
Judge Ana Reyes wants to know "the Department’s basis for treating trans men and other service members differently."
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The Justice Department reportedly sought the phone and text records of several @nytimes.com journalists, as well as their family members, to identify their confidential sources. The Knight Institute’s @katiefallow.bsky.social called the tactic “an abuse of power designed to silence scrutiny.”
Justice Department’s Pursuit of Times Journalists’ and Family Members’ Phone Records Threatens Press Freedom
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This is not about national security. This is about not liking factual news coverage. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...
Trump administration sought the phone records of several NYT journalists and their relatives — including one reporter’s mother www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...
In a less deranged version of our country, skies full of smoke would inspire us to bold climate action. There’s an American majority that loves blue skies & air we can breathe more than fossil fuel profits.
ProPublica: Trump's FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and fellow Republican commissioner Olivia Trusty received pricey gifts valued at tens of thousands of dollars from Paramount while the company had deals pending before the commission.
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
nytimes.com
Great decision from Judge Boasberg staying pernicious Trump policy targeting researchers for visa denials and deportation based on their protected expression.
Knight First Amendment Institute@knightcolumbia.org · 3w agoBreaking: A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an immigration policy targeting noncitizen researchers, advocates, fact-checkers, and trust and safety workers based on their work. knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
NEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.
Man dies during immigration encounter in Florida, the third ICE-involved death in a week
Third ICE-involved death in a week confirmed after fatal St. Augustine crash during joint agency operation. National outrage grows over enforcement and deaths
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