My My, Hey Hey, Neil Young's Songs Are Here To Stay (Just Not on Spotify)
Three and a half lessons about Neil Young, Joe Rogan, Spotify, and our age of cultural plenitude
Three and a half lessons about Neil Young, Joe Rogan, Spotify, and our age of cultural plenitude
In The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder, the legendary First Amendment lawyer exposes the tricks of today's "anti-free speech movement."
Jay Inslee says we should make it a crime for politicians to lie about election results. What could go wrong?
"Governments realize that they are in an existential battle over who controls information."
While this is a problem, it's not one that scrapping Section 230 would solve.
In a significant threat to the free press, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces decades in federal prison for leaking classified documents.
Gov. Greg Abbott attacks First Amendment rights in the name of defending them.
Why give legacy media a stranglehold over information that Twitter at its best is great for sharing?
It's true that some users spread lies on social media. But this can’t be solved by partisan “fact-checking."
The site's long-serving boss might be more committed to free speech than his successor, Parag Agrawal.
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This is where government demands to moderate what users say will ultimately lead.
Government restrictions on private editorial discretion violate the First Amendment.
No, law enforcement and school officials cannot order students to remove posts about exposure to the coronavirus.
The Reason senior editor argues that attempts to break up tech giants and rein in social media are based on flawed arguments.
Hint: It wasn't Big Tech censorship.
Officials look for scapegoats to blame as the working force suffers burnout.
"The pandemic's wrongest man" can likely profit from martyrdom.
Their study found that Twitter's efforts to police Donald Trump's false election fraud claims were ineffective and may even have backfired.
The Pew Research Center found that support for censorship is increasing.
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Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
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The administration’s public pressure campaign against COVID-19 "misinformation" cannot be reconciled with its avowed respect for freedom of expression.
Speech is protected by the First Amendment even when it discourages vaccination.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki wants the social media site to ban 12 specific anti-vaccine accounts.
The government's long and shameful history of intercepting people's letters
The Irreversible Damage author talks about getting deplatformed from Target and her support for gender-reassignment interventions.
After Chinese authorities conducted newsroom raids and arrested top editors, pro-democracy publication Apple Daily realized it could no longer safely operate.
Our coverage of biohackers working on a DIY vaccine last year was solid reporting on an important subject. If YouTube insists on banning journalism like this, what's next?
Jones has been accused of fabricating her COVID-19 cover-up claims. Now she says she's running for Congress.
“The Act is so rife with fundamental infirmities that it appears to have been enacted without any regard for the Constitution,” the lawsuit reads.
The university abruptly shut down dozens of classes over an unfounded claim that a white student was taunted.
Charles Marohn called himself an engineer in speeches and articles while his license was temporarily expired. The First Amendment protects his right to do that.
Don’t call yourself a supporter of the First Amendment while attempting to punish a media outlet for criticizing you.
"It's very obvious that nobody involved in [the bill] consulted a First Amendment lawyer," says TechFreedom's Berin Szóka.