The new admin has taken important steps to make government more transparent and reaffirm the freedoms of speech and the press. Here are some of them. /X
It has said it will publish White House visitor logs. /2 politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
We litigated this with @CREWcrew, and we highlighted the importance of this transparency in our First Amendment Agenda for the New Administration, which is here. /3 knightcolumbia.org/content/a-firs…
Also: the new Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, said yesterday that the admin will release the DNI’s report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. /4 theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
This was also on the @knightcolumbia First Amendment Agenda for the New Administration, and it’s a crucial first step towards accountability. /5 
Also: President Biden is rescinding Trump’s executive order targeting certain kinds of diversity training. nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/… /6
This, too, was on our First Amendment Agenda. /7
There’s a lot more that the new admin must do on issues ranging from leak investigations to border searches to prepublication review. But this is an encouraging start. /8
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