You Can't Always Trust What You Hear Online, and Congress Has Some Ideas About Fixing That
The House Intelligence Committee is mulling ways to stop an "infodemic." Is this really a task we want the government to tackle?
The House Intelligence Committee is mulling ways to stop an "infodemic." Is this really a task we want the government to tackle?
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Inspired by Germany's notorious hate-speech law, more countries seek to impose steep penalties on platforms that don't comply with their censorship whims.
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Bipartisanship isn't dead, sadly.
A new DOJ proposal aims to bring the internet communications law in line with Trump's personal interpretation of it.
The fight to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals a long-degraded political culture.
There’s nothing good about censoring communication platforms citizens want to use.
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That point seems to have escaped many people who have not actually watched the controversial film, some of whom think it should banned.
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How can we build a culture that welcomes alternative tech?
One very sketchy story about an Oklahoma City teen’s tragic death has gone viral.
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While cable news outlets cut away from the convention, social media platforms offered unrestricted access.
"I know what moral panics look like; they look kind of like this."
"This research will inform and fuel much needed and overdue policy change."
Even as Americans rely on tech more than ever, our early-pandemic truce with the industry is officially over.
Fox News host's The Plus is a funny yet serious argument about making politics matter less in your life.
Colorado Springs Police Sergeant Keith Wrede insists he was just "going crazy" to Metallica and doesn't want protesters to die.
An ambiguous presidential order affecting a Chinese company connected to several popular video games sows confusion.
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Hosts Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal dissect the latest in internet outrage, employing humor, nuance, and a healthy appreciation for absurdity.
Unpacking TikTok freakouts, mail-in voting controversies, and money printers going brrr, on the Reason Roundtable podcast.
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By kicking out critics on Twitch and Discord, is the military running afoul of the First Amendment?
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The NBC News Verification Unit sadly did not live up to its name.
How we lost our social spaces and how we found them again
Making masks, face shields, and other protective equipment is the bottom-up, COVID-19 version of rolling bandages or knitting socks for the troops.
The president promises penalties he has no power to impose, while the company promises moderation it cannot deliver.
Technological—not political—solutions will secure true freedom of speech online
Online censorship is coming, and it’s going to be bad news for everybody.
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Hamas "used and relied on" Facebook "as among its most important tools to facilitate and carry out its terrorist activity," the plaintiffs claimed.
Karen wants to speak to your manager. The senator from Missouri wants to become your manager.
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