A Practical Wish List for Joe Biden
Some doable libertarian ideas for the new president
Some doable libertarian ideas for the new president
Government will happily suppress misinformation in favor of misinformation of its own.
A decision in the case of Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith, denying his motion to dismiss.
Meanwhile, he’s still trying to downplay corruption within his own force.
May public schools punish students for off-campus social media posts?
Some trends to look for over the next four years
An interesting science experiment.
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Pai has focused on taking a market-based approach to regulating the nation's always-evolving telecommunications industry, with great success.
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Both Hawley's "national conservatism" and similar ideas prevalent in many quarters on the left threaten free speech and liberty more generally.
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No, says Techdirt's Mike Masnick, but it is cause for expanding Section 230 and building a more decentralized internet.
Techdirt's founder wants to give end users, not politicians and tech giants, more control over what we can say and see online.
Law enforcement will have an easier time arresting and prosecuting criminals on Parler than on Telegram.
We need an open digital commons, where individuals maintain ownership of their own identities and where speech is highly resistant to political pressure.
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Bureaucracy keeps on regulating through the chaos
His plan says that by 2035, no electric power should be generated by burning fossil fuels, and the U.S. should commit to zero net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.
No one has a right to a Facebook platform, but purges can and should be criticized.
Trump escalated America's war against Huawei and China. Biden should beware burgeoning technonationalism.
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"When I started my blog," says journalist Yoani Sánchez, "it was like an exorcism of something that was inside of me."
After a 16-month investigation into the big four tech companies, it seems the most that congressional busybodies can accuse them of is routine business practices and having popular services.
In a glimpse of a gloriously rule-breaking future, contraband has boldly gone where more is sure to follow.
The case for legally constraining what police departments can do with robots.
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Aaron Reynolds is just trying to make people laugh, but his content may have been flagged on Instagram for interfering with the election.
The more that big social media companies act like they can control what people say, the more competition they encourage.
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Government surveillance doesn't just violate privacy rights; it’s a major security risk.
Human ingenuity is enabling us to get ever more goods and services from fewer and fewer resources.
Harvard's Martin Kulldorff vs. Andrew Noymer of UC Irvine
Harvard's Martin Kulldorff vs. Andrew Noymer of UC Irvine
That's a high price to pay because some politicians are angry about a little Facebook moderation.
The case against the popular pornography site rests on misleading data and hidden agendas.
Let's not weaken cybersecurity even more.
Staying isolated from family and friends is wrenchingly difficult, even when it’s the right thing to do.
Reason's writers and editors share their suggestions for what you should be buying your friends and family this year.
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Protected financial access for politically targeted industries
Able to do our jobs from where we please, life for many of us will reflect a bit more of what we want rather than what we have to do to get by.
Republicans and Democrats are working together on an antitrust push against big tech. It will backfire big-time.