The Washington Post Says Democracy Demands Less Freedom of Speech
The paper worries that "social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation."
The paper worries that "social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation."
Plaintiffs in Missouri v. Biden allege that federal pressure to remove and suppress COVID-19 material on Facebook and Twitter violates the First Amendment.
A new study of COVID-19 narratives makes the very mistake it purports to correct.
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The Kids Online Safety Act imposes an amorphous "duty of care" that would compromise anonymous speech and restrict access to constitutionally protected content.
The legislation is also terrible on free speech and poses global risks.
A boomer, a Gen Xer, and a Millennial discuss the causes and conflicts of today's generational gaps.
"Can someone quickly remind me why we were removing—rather than demoting/labeling—claims that Covid is man made," asked Meta's president for global affairs.
The E.U.’s Digital Services Act will encourage censorship around the world and even in the U.S.
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"Disinformation" researchers alarmed by the injunction against government meddling with social media content admire legal regimes that allow broad speech restrictions.
The response to the decision illustrates the alarming erosion of bipartisan support for the First Amendment.
Plus: A listener questions last week’s discussion of the Supreme Court's decision involving same-sex wedding websites and free expression.
Prominent reporters and powerful officials know each other, share attitudes, and trust each other.
Government bullying won’t fix censorship caused by government bullying.
The glitter-filled movie got involved in authoritarian geopolitics by allegedly displaying Chinese propaganda.
Unfortunately, there is reason to doubt that the judge's decision will meaningfully constrain the feds.
Lai's media company covered the Communist government's abuses when other Hong Kong media wouldn't.
If you can't force a web designer to serve a gay wedding, can you force a web platform to serve a politician?
Thin-skinned authoritarians of the world, unite!
After officials in Orem, Utah, banned “heritage month” displays in the public library, it threatened to discipline librarians who criticized the censorship.
Current culture wars are just one more manifestation of the reality that public education routinely devolves into indoctrination and imposition of majoritarian ideology on dissenters. But school choice can help mitigate that problem.
Plus: A listener question considers the pros and cons of the libertarian focus on political processes rather than political results.
"We find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech."
A new report calls for policy makers to take action when none is required.
The narrow rulings concluded the platforms aren’t responsible for bad people using their communication services.
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From Russiagate to COVID discourse, elites in government and the media are trying to control and centralize free speech and open inquiry.
The Chinese app has become a magnet for every possible cultural concern.
What happened to the claim that this was just about protecting young children?
One of America's richest art forms suffers for seeming realer than other literature. But the war against "graphic imagery" is really a war against certain truths.
The COVID-19 lab leak theory was labeled "misinformation." Now it's the most plausible explanation.
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As former Backpage execs await their August trial, the shutdown is still worsening the lives it was supposed to improve.
New bill makes a mockery of parents’ rights, school choice, and educational freedom.
Three reasons not to ban the popular social media app
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Today, TikTok. Tomorrow, who knows?
Which sentence in this podcast was generated using A.I.?
This was never about shielding just the youngest kids from sexual topics.
The designer of China's Great Firewall sees new A.I. tech as a concern for public authorities.
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The legal challenge to censorship by proxy highlights covert government manipulation of online speech.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if the nation is indeed unraveling or if she is just one of "The Olds" now.
The latest Twitter Files shows a partnership between Stanford University researchers and government-funded organizations encouraged social media companies to police true information.