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Kate Klonick

Kate Klonick is an Associate Professor at St. Johns University Law School, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and Yale Law Schools Information Society Project. Her research on online speech, freedom of expression, and private governance has appeared in the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, The New Yorker, New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian and numerous other publications.

Twitter: @Klonick

Associated Works

The Future of Online Speech Shouldn’t Belong to One Trump-Appointed Judge in Louisiana

Writing in the New York Times, Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick expresses concern over allowing "ideologically lopsided courts in far-flung federal jurisdictions" to dictate national Internet policy.

How 236,471 Words Of Amici Briefing Gave Us The 565 Word Gonzalez Decision

Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick outlines why, despite massive interest and input on Gonzalez v. Google, the Supreme Court dismissed the case in a mere 2.5-page opinion.

Governance in Online Speech Leadership Series

Interdisciplinary professionals committed to careers in online governance, content moderation, integrity, and trust and safety, will join together for three days of educational workshops and networking, hosted by Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick.

Of Systems Thinking and Straw Men

Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick takes stock of recent scholarship advocating for a "systems thinking" approach to content moderation.

Gonzalez v. Google Live Analysis

Our panel of internet law experts react to the Supreme Court oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google. Featuring: Mary Anne Franks Mike Godwin James Grimmelmann Gus Hurwitz Jeff Kosseff Emma Llanso Alan Rozenshtein Eugene Volokh Benjamin Wittes Jonathan Zittrain Moderated by Kate Klonick

The Meta Oversight Board Has Some Genuinely Smart Suggestions

Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick breaks down the Meta Oversight Board’s policy advisory opinion on the cross-check program, which “gave preferential treatment to certain users of the site, even when they openly flouted the site’s community standards.”

Social Media Censorship: Jay Bhattacharya vs. Kate Klonick

Alum Kate Klonick debates Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya on the federal government's role in social media censorship.

Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online

Alum Kate Klonick co-authors this article in Science on the role of emotions—particularly anger and outrage—in the spread of misinformation online.