Knight First Amendment Institute

In connection with our symposium, “The Forever War and The First Amendment,” the Knight Institute and Harper’s Magazine co-commissioned this essay by the writer Hari Kunzru about art created in the quarter century since 9/11. It appears in the October 2026 issue.

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Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech (2019)

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After a decade or so of the general sentiment being in favor of the internet and social media as a way to enable more speech and improve the marketplace of ideas, in the last few years the view has shifted dramatically—now it seems that almost no one is happy. Some feel that these platforms have become cesspools of…