Can Trump Broker a TikTok Sale Before the April 5 Deadline?
The president seems optimistic. It's not clear why.
The president seems optimistic. It's not clear why.
A new meta-analysis finds “no significant effects of social media abstinence interventions on positive affect, negative affect, or life satisfaction.”
Popular encryption apps are probably secure if government officials rely on them.
The self-styled watchdog site ranks news outlets' reliability, which has rankled those on both the right and left.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes has shut down Rumble in Brazil, using the same dubious legal arguments that led to the blocking of X and Telegram.
Dissidents resisting authoritarian regimes should be independent of the United States—and so should their media sources.
The bill is a "law against criticism of any kind," according to a lawyer who testified against it.
At least not if the goal is keeping minors from viewing porn.
Carr advocates greater control over social media by federal regulators, despite a reputation for supporting free speech.
To understand the federal government's case against Google Search, you need to understand the different visions over monopoly and government power.
Brendan Carr has a clear record of threatening to suppress constitutionally protected speech.
A new crop of restrictive laws faces a friendly reception in the courts but ongoing public resistance.
A unanimous Supreme Court decision established as much in 1965.
Fulfilling a campaign promise to libertarians and the bitcoin community, the Silk Road founder's life sentence without parole is now over.
A second chance for the creator of the dark web drug site the Silk Road might be coming…from an unlikely savior.
After four years, the president leaves behind a long, expensive record of non-accomplishment.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a Texas case that could have major ramifications across the country—including, perhaps, the end of anonymity online.
Anyone discussing free speech should at least try to get this right.
A TikTok ban could devastate thousands of independent workers, but the real challenge lies in modernizing labor laws to support the new economy.
Hannah Hiatt isn't the first parent to face child welfare investigations sparked by an internet mob.
More laws couldn’t have stopped the crime and won’t stop people from making their own weapons.
Marc Andreessen’s call to build clashed with Washington’s regulatory mindset.
The popular but beleaguered social media app will have until January 19 to find an American buyer or be banned.
The Extinction of Experience condemns digital technology but the book is full of contradictions and cherry-picked examples.
The company, which says it takes an "apolitical approach" to rating news outlets, faces regulatory threats and a congressional probe because of its perceived bias against conservatives.
Brendan Carr’s plans for "reining in Big Tech" are a threat to limited government, free speech, free markets, and the rule of law.
"Reining in Big Tech," Brendan Carr says, requires scrapping liability protections and restricting moderation decisions.
Abortion battles are becoming tech policy battles.
A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.
No matter who wins, we can expect bad policies surrounding sex and especially surrounding technology.
By prosecuting the website's founders, the government chilled free speech online and ruined lives.
"Invoking the innocence of children is not...a magic incantation sufficient for legislatures to run roughshod over the First Amendment rights of adults."
A backdoor for anybody is a backdoor for everybody.
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Her comments are a reminder that this free-speech protection is far from safe.
Plus: Republicans seem likely to blow another winnable race, New York City's COVID czar attended pandemic raves, and more...
The digital world has not effaced our humanity, no matter what social critics like Christine Rosen say.
Democrats' aggressive antitrust agenda threatens to upend Google's ad tech business—and make U.S. markets less free.
Governments around the world seek to suppress ideas and control communications channels.
The Telegram co-founder may become a free-expression martyr for the terrible crime of enabling permissionless speech.
French police arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov for failing to control his social media and messaging app.
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