Kate Klonick
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Kate E. Klonick (born 1985) is an American journalist, attorney, and law professor. She is known for her writing about the Facebook Oversight Board[1] and on the broader topic of platform governance. [2]
Early life
[edit]Klonick was born to two New York judges, Justice Thomas A. Klonick and New York State Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Frazee.[3]
Klonick received her JD from Georgetown University Law and a PhD from Yale Law School.[4]
Career
[edit]Klonick has worked extensively as a journalist with work featured in Salon, The Guardian, and The New Yorker.[5] She specializes in work covering Facebook's ongoing struggles with content moderation.
Klonick is an associate professor of law at St. John's University since 2018. She teaches Property and Internet Law.[6]
In 2020 Klonick launched In Lieu of Fun, a daily hour-long live-streaming show co-hosted with Benjamin Wittes. The show was created as an alternative viewing experience to the presidential briefings on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The show was frequently political in nature and often featured guests who worked in American politics or in news relating to politics.[7] In 2021 the show shifted formats and went from being a daily show to a weekday show. Klonick and Wittes also added Scott J. Shapiro and Genevieve DellaFera as co-hosts.
References
[edit]- ↑ Klonick, Kate. "The Facebook Oversight Board: Creating an Independent Institution to Adjudicate Online Free Expression". Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ↑ Klonick, Kate. "The New Governors: The People, Rules and Processes Governing Online Speech". Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ↑ Loudon, Bennett (7 June 2019). "Justice Evelyn Frazee retiring". Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Kate Klonick". Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ Klonick, Kate. "Inside the Team at Facebook that Dealt with the Christchurch Shooting". The New Yorker. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Assistant Professor of Law". Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ Jurecic, Quinta. "Livestream: Panel Discussion of Trump Financial Documents Cases on 'In Lieu of Fun'". Retrieved 8 September 2021.