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Professor Blake A. Klinkner analyzes major jury verdicts involving Facebook and YouTube, examining how evolving legal standards could reshape future lawsuits against tech companies. Professor Blake A. Klinkner was interviewed on the international news program, The World Today, to discuss several recent landmark verdicts against social media companies. In his interview, Professor Klinkner analyzed a […]

“What’s the Big Deal About TikTok? Inside the United States Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold a Federal Ban on One of the World’s Most Popular Social Media Platforms” In his article, Professor Klinkner breaks down the high court’s recent decision to permit the federal government to ban this immensely popular social media platform. In his […]

Professor Klinkner was invited to present three CLEs of different topics The CLE presentations included Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence; Social Media, Jury Trials, and the Right to a Fair Trial; and Cybersecurity and Attorney Ethics.

The article appears in the June 2024 issue of the Wyoming Lawyer In his article, Professor Klinkner breaks down recent U.S. Supreme Court caselaw addressing the constitutional rights of public officials to use social media. Professor Klinkner then explains the tests that courts will apply going forward in cases where litigants allege that public officials […]

On February 26th, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases concerning whether social media companies have 1st Amendment rights to engage in content moderation. Professor Blake A. Klinkner recently published a law review article addressing these two cases, “Social Media and the First Amendment: Are Social Media Platforms ‘Common Carriers’ Without […]

In his first presentation, “Social Media, Jury Trials, and the Right to a Fair Trial,” Professor Klinkner discussed the many ways in which jury access to social media threatens the right to a fair trial and, accordingly, the rule of law. lIn his second presentation, “So, You Want to Be a Law Professor? Advice for […]