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Kate Klonick (born 1985) is an American journalist, attorney, and law professor.

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Early life

Klonick was born to two New York judges, Justice Thomas A. Klonick and New York State Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Frazee. [1]

Klonick received her JD from Georgetown University Law and a PhD from Yale Law School. [2]

Career

Klonick has worked extensively as a journalist with work featured in Salon , The Guardian , and The New Yorker . [3] 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. [4]

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. [5] 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.

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References

  1. Loudon, Bennett. "Justice Evelyn Frazee retiring" . Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. "Kate Klonick" . Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. Klonick, Kate. "Inside the Team at Facebook that Dealt with the Christchurch Shooting". The New Yorker . Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. "Assistant Professor of Law" . Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. Jurecic, Quinta. "Livestream: Panel Discussion of Trump Financial Documents Cases on 'In Lieu of Fun'" . Retrieved 8 September 2021.