Elon Musk's Takeover Will Not Destroy Twitter or Democracy
"I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means," said Musk.
"I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means," said Musk.
A new study casts doubt on the most prominent theories about extremism-by-algorithm.
Forcing private companies to host speech violates the First Amendment.
The Colorado Democrat supports abortion rights, school choice, letting kids play unsupervised, an end to COVID-19 overreach, and an income tax rate of "zero."
The SpaceX/Tesla founder and billionaire has articulated lofty free speech ideals. Can he make them reality?
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"I think it's very important for there to be an exclusive arena for free speech," says Musk.
Harvard Law Professor Guy-Uriel Charles has some useful insights on the problem.
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More than 25 million people remain locked down in Shanghai, with Guangzhou—a city of 18 million—looking primed to follow.
When a college sophomore mocked Young Americans for Freedom for its stance on trans athletes, the conservative group ran to the university to file a complaint.
Reporting that makes Black Lives Matter look bad should not be covered up by social media companies.
Left-leaning outlets and tech giants tried to label them disinformation—until they no longer could.
Protections for open communication require more than the commitment of a single person.
A regulatory filing indicates that Musk is now the company's largest shareholder.
An Arkansas police officer used trumped-up charges to punish a man who criticized him for violating the Constitution.
"I am a queer woman, and I was silenced most of my life," writes Lauren Hough, author of Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing.
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The platform punished The Hill's morning show, Rising, for showing a clip of Trump speaking.
The surgeon general's definition of misinformation includes statements that are arguably or verifiably true.
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Professor Jonathan Haidt of NYU and Reason's Robby Soave debate the harms of social media and what the government should do about it.
Professor Jonathan Haidt of NYU debates Reason's Robby Soave.
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In the new book Free Speech, the Danish activist defends radical self-expression from Socrates to social media.
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Ever wonder where people get the idea that police are thin-skinned bullies?
A Scottish man was just convicted for tweeting an insult about a dead person. The authorities already have too much power to censor.
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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."
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Social media accounts are windows into your activities, and the cops are watching.
"You could hear they were trying not to laugh."
While this is a problem, it's not one that scrapping Section 230 would solve.
It's a fairly benign thing to say. And yet it's a landmine in our media landscape.
How a generation was redpilled by a nerd power fantasy about defining yourself in the digital age
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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