This week, a clip of Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin claiming that speech that espouses "hate" and "violence" is not protected by the First Amendment made the rounds on Twitter, sparking sharp backlash.
The famous internet law is headed for the High Court.
In the mid-'70s, people disengaged from political conflict and took up jogging. Maybe it's time to do the same.
A slew of recent research suggests parents should relax a bit about screen time.
Social media, streaming, and a new era of digital self-censorship
The latest Twitter Files installment shows the FBI paid Twitter millions of dollars to cover the costs of processing the agency's requests. Yikes.
Demands by lawmakers and government officials for locally produced content may lead to online censorship.
Maybe the FBI has something better to do with its time?
Plus: Sen. Mike Lee wants to remove First Amendment protections for porn, IRS doxxes taxpayers, and more...
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1 p.m. Eastern for a live analysis of the internal Twitter documents recently published by Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and Michael Shellenberger.
Plus: Justin Amash and Jane Coaston talk about the Libertarian Party, a fatal flaw in anti-vaping studies, and more...
The most disturbing aspect of the “Twitter Files” is the platform’s cozy relationship with federal officials who demanded suppression of speech they considered dangerous.
Plus: The editors briefly celebrate a noteworthy shake-up in the Senate.
Content moderators had "weekly confabs" with law enforcement officials, reports Matt Taibbi.
Instead of debating whether the platform has been flooded by bigotry, Elon Musk should tell the congressman to mind his own business.
Twitter employees have indicated that shadow banning—at least by some definitions—is both real and common.
The lawsuit alleges that TikTok's algorithm funnels inappropriate content directly to teens. That not only defies logic, but it is also antithetical to how a social media platform keeps users.
Including, but not only, supporting us with your hard-earned cash!
Plus: ACLU sides against religious freedom, abortions after Dobbs, and more...
A Democratic member of Congress laments how Twitter handled the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop.
Plus: The editors consider a listener question on the involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill.
"The state of New York can't turn bloggers into Big Brother, but it's trying to do just that," said FIRE attorney Daniel Ortner.
The Twitter Files are interesting but contain few true surprises. A mix of incompetence and partisanship got the site in trouble.
The "free speech absolutist" is maintaining some content restrictions while loosening others.
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It's a private company. Its owner can do what he chooses, even if it seems crazy.
At a dangerous moment for the free exchange of ideas, civil libertarians can tally a win.
Elon Musk's rescission of the platform's prior policy, which forbade dissent from official guidance, is consistent with his promise of lighter moderation.
Too many Western governments want to follow in the footsteps of authoritarians when it comes to tech privacy.
Mastodon might not be the future of decentralized social media, but it can’t hurt to check it out as Twitter implodes.
EU officials threaten to make their restrictive content rules a global standard.
Plus: Twitter is alive and well, the U.K. considers unprecedented tax hikes, and more...
Thanks, but we lived through the lies of their administrations that they used to sell us war and intrusive government meddling in health care.
Critics have said for years that Facebook is a monopoly that can only be killed by federal regulation. Meanwhile, the platform bleeds users, its stock price is plummeting, and it just announced its first-ever round of layoffs.
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If the bird site's new owner wants to protect free speech, he should focus on resisting government requests to remove content.
Journalists who sound the alarm about Russian propaganda are unfazed by the lack of evidence that it has a meaningful impact.
Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.
Plus: Congress remains too cautious about marijuana, myths about independent contractors, and more...
In a post-FOSTA world, Section 230 still protects websites from lawsuits over criminal sexual conduct by their users.
On Tuesday, the senator erroneously claimed that "free speech does not include spreading misinformation."
Livestream with Nick Gillespie, Robby Soave, and Zach Weissmueller
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