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The social media site slapped a warning on a column in which I criticized the CDC for exaggerating the evidence supporting mask mandates.
Section 230 helped the internet flourish. Now its scope is under scrutiny.
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"Today's decision is a victory for the First Amendment that should be celebrated by everyone who hopes to see the internet continue as a place where even difficult and contentious issues can be debated and discussed freely," said one attorney.
When COVID-19 and the U.S. government stopped kids from seeing each other, social media was their lifeline.
Gonzalez v. Google presents the Supreme Court’s first opportunity to weigh in on Section 230.
Americans are increasingly buying electric cars. Electrochemists and their innovations will drive down the cost of powering them.
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The "interactive artist" inspired by Jack Kirby and Barry Goldwater challenges social media and intellectual conformity.
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A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disinformation.
Artist Dave Cicirelli challenges his audience to create meaning.
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Because of a series of misleading memes, a troll has been charged with conspiracy "to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States."
We couldn't find any negative review of physicist Steven Koonin's Unsettled that disputed its claims directly or even described them accurately.
The paper is unfazed by First Amendment objections to the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation" on social media.
Instead of empowering the government to intervene, we should look more holistically at the experience of young people online.
Congress should set its sights on bad government actors who pressured social media companies.
The FTC is trying to seize new powers to regulate the economy.
The Netscape co-founder and legendary venture capitalist talks about the future, innovation, and your next beach read.
The venture capitalist and prognosticator on his hopes for the future and his fears about the present.
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The age verification proposal is a disaster for both children and adults.
Possibly changing the way we live just as profoundly as the internet did.
The Cochrane Library's review of masking trials should sound the death knell for mask mandates everywhere.
As artificial intelligence advances, how worried should we be about the rise of the machines?
If you look closely, you'll find a lot of contradictions.
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In the Twitter Files, every conversation with a government official contains the same warning: You can do it happily, or we’ll make you.
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Alarmists are unfazed by the lack of evidence that "foreign influence campaigns" have affected public opinion or voting behavior.
"I think we need to just call this out on the bullshit it is."
Deepfakes aren't nearly as dangerous as the tried-and-true technique of saying something misleading with the imprimatur of authority.
Bipartisan efforts to ban the app in America would be a great blow to our economy and our liberty.
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Market forces have historically disrupted the tech sector and will continue to do so.
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Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.
Reviewing and improving the federal government’s data security and digital defenses should be a priority.
Content-generating A.I. will probably enhance human labor rather than make it obsolete.
Thousands of local, state, and federal law-enforcers have access to sensitive financial data.
The Supreme Court takes up “true threats” and the First Amendment in Counterman v. Colorado.
The indie artists suing Stable Diffusion may not realize it, but they're doing the Mouse's dirty work.
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