Evelyn Douek

Dec 12, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Evelyn Douek

Vague national-security concerns don’t justify shutting down the popular Chinese-owned app. Last week, a federal court upheld the extraordinary use of government power against TikTok, the social-media platform that an estimated 170 million Americans use to dance, sing, talk about politics, and engage in a lot of other First Amendment–protected expression.

Nov 10, 2024 | harvardlawreview.org | Evelyn Douek |Genevieve Lakier

“[T]he First Amendment,” Justice Kagan declared in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, one of the five platform First Amendment cases the Court decided this Term, “does not go on leave when social media are involved.” That is obviously true. But no one seriously contests the claim that the First Amendment applies to the internet. The era when people argued that law should not, or perhaps could not, reach into the vast realms of cyberspace is decades behind us.

Dec 20, 2023 | msn.com | Evelyn Douek

Dec 20, 2023 | theatlantic.com | Evelyn Douek |Genevieve Lakier

Earlier this month, Congress held a dramatic hearing with the heads of three private corporations that manage important forums for public debate. Members of Congress criticized these leaders in the strongest possible terms for their alleged failure to stem harmful speech on their property.

May 22, 2023 | podcasts.apple.com | Evelyn Douek |Alex Stamos

Alex and Evelyn discuss the Supreme Court decisions in Gonzalez and Taamneh; Montana passing its state-wide TikTok ban and the immediate legal challenge filed against it; Meta's $1.3 billion dollar fine under the GDPR; OpenAI's charm offensive; and just another Monday at Twitter.