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.
A rural Arkansas county files more than twice as many FCC complaints per resident than anywhere else in the United States.
The portion of college students who say it's OK to shout down campus speakers is rising, according to a new survey.
Despite his cluelessness, the former president's inclination to punish constitutionally protected speech reflects his authoritarian disregard for civil liberties.
The state has been demanding that TV stations remove political ads in support of a reproductive freedom amendment on the ballot this year.
The government will prevent prisoners from getting TEXAS LETTERS, an anthology about experiences with solitary confinement.
A new study finds that conservatives are especially likely to share information from sources that a "politically balanced" sample of Republicans and Democrats deemed untrustworthy.
At its core, the oft-denigrated decision revolved around whether the government can censor information leading up to an election.
Both presidential candidates (and their running mates) seem confused about the constraints imposed by the First Amendment.
Her comments are a reminder that this free-speech protection is far from safe.
The university caved to pressure to target pro-Palestine events.
The worldwide erosion of support for free speech continues.
What if there was a social media platform owned not by Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, or the Chinese Communist Party, but by everybody and nobody all at once?
Glenn Greenwald discusses Brazil's ban of X, the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, and the global crackdown on speech on Just Asking Questions.
The Democratic nominee has favored policing online speech. Would a future Harris administration defend free expression?
Last week’s sedition conviction is yet another step backward for press freedom.
Officials pursue an anti-liberty agenda through unofficial pressure and foreign regulators.
Seven congressional Democrats called on the FEC to stop deepfakes. But is there really much to worry about?
Governments around the world seek to suppress ideas and control communications channels.
The Meta CEO says his platforms will not blindly obey the bureaucrats again.
Plus: Does the government own too much land in Utah? And the latest response to Friends star Matthew Perry’s drug overdose death.
French police arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov for failing to control his social media and messaging app.
María Oropeza's arrest during a livestream highlights the dangers faced by opposition leaders in Venezuela and the regime's relentless efforts to silence dissent.
Sen. Rand Paul makes the case against the Kids Online Safety Act.
Twitter's founder says Nostr is “100 percent what we wanted”—an open, ownerless network.
As Britain grapples with riots, politicians shift focus to “holding tech accountable” by pushing for censorship and sidestepping the deeper issues fueling the chaos.
"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties," said one researcher. "This is a dictator's fantasy."
Only Sens. Paul and Wyden are expected to vote "no" on Tuesday. Power to stop KOSA now resides with the House.
Nina Jankowicz finds out the truth may hurt, but it isn’t lawsuit bait.
The Kids Online Safety Act would have cataclysmic effects on free speech and privacy online.
Good intentions, bad results.
Plus: A listener asks whether Bruce Springsteen's song Born in the U.S.A is actually patriotic.
The creator of Masameer County was charged with promoting homosexuality and terrorism for his South Park-style satirical cartoon.
And the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in.
Even as he praises judicial decisions that made room for "dissenters" and protected "robust political debate," Tim Wu pushes sweeping rationales for censorship.
The Court is remanding these two cases for more analysis—but it made its views on some key issues clear.
China's free speech record is bad, but the federal government's isn't so great either.
The verdict in Murthy v. Missouri is a big, flashing green light that jawboning may resume.
It's a classic case of jawboning.
"It’s not like public health is infallible," the Stanford professor and Great Barrington Declaration author tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.
Upcoming legislation would repeal parts of the 1873 law that could be used to target abortion, but the Comstock Act's reach is much more broad than that.
Issuing a posthumous pardon for Bennett would reaffirm our nation’s commitment to free expression and intellectual freedom.
