Starting in May 2025, the US government implemented an immigration policy that targeted noncitizen researchers for visa denials, visa revocations, detention, and deportation on the basis of the topics...

Our lawsuit challenges a new U.S. immigration policy that targets technology researchers, advocates, and trust and safety professionals.

MEMORANDUM OPINION re [53] Order on Motion for Protective Order and Motion for Stay and Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on July 14, 2026. (lcjeb4)

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Participatory AI Research Network How can community organizers, journalists, nonprofits, and academics partner with the public to develop evidence to improve people’s digital lives? That’s the motivat...

Members of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research today requested leave to intervene in X v. European Commission. X’s Digital Services Act violations have prevented researchers from using p...

Members of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research today requested leave to intervene in X v. European Commission. X’s Digital Services Act violations have prevented researchers from using p...

On Wednesday May 13th, Coalition members and supporters gathered at the federal court in Washington DC. This hearing was for a lawsuit filed in March by the Coalition for Independent Technology Resear...

Our lawsuit challenges a new U.S. immigration policy that targets technology researchers, advocates, and trust and safety professionals.

In a lawsuit, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research argues the government is using immigration policy to stifle free speech and tech regulation.

On Wednesday May 13th, Coalition members and supporters gathered at the federal court in Washington DC. This hearing was for a lawsuit filed in March by the Coalition for Independent Technology…

Those at risk include nonprofit workers who fact-check misinformation about natural disasters and disease outbreaks on social media, and who may now be forced to leave the country or abandon the work.

Murad Ali Bhatti and Siddharth Muchhal discuss amicus briefs supporting challenge of immigration policy threatening the work of trust and safety researchers.

Murad Ali Bhatti and Siddharth Muchhal discuss amicus briefs supporting challenge of immigration policy threatening the work of trust and safety researchers.

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A living resource list for researchers, journalists, and civil society working on challenging and emotionally taxing topics.

The Coalition for Independent Technology Research filed a lawsuit today in partnership with the Knight First Amendment Institute and Protect Democracy, challenging the US government’s Censorship…

A coalition of tech experts on Monday sued US President Donald Trump's administration over a policy resulting in visa denials, detention or deportation for researchers and fact-checkers reporting on s...

Independent technology researchers, journalists and activists who surface and confront politically charged topics such as extremism, disinformation or online hate increasingly face heightened threats,...

Our lawsuit challenges a new U.S. immigration policy that targets technology researchers, advocates, and trust and safety professionals.

/PRNewswire/ -- Siegel Family Endowment, a foundation focused on shaping the impact of technology on society, today announced $15.6 million in grants to...

This book establishes a new, and much-needed, interdisciplinary field of Political Control . The Earl and Braithwaite layered model of repression integrates previously siloed areas into a larger study...