Teen Arrested Under Connecticut's Unconstitutional Hate Speech Law for Racist Social Media Post
Calling a classmate a racist slur on Snapchat is offensive. It’s also protected speech.
Calling a classmate a racist slur on Snapchat is offensive. It’s also protected speech.
It's a working model for non-state governance in cyberspace that is vastly preferable to government control of social media.
A member of the board (and a Cato Institute vice president) defends the controversial decision to kick the former president off the social media platform.
Facebook can't kill, jail, or tax you. It can only stop you from posting on Facebook.
"It's very obvious that nobody involved in [the bill] consulted a First Amendment lawyer," says TechFreedom's Berin Szóka.
"At the time of Mr. Trump's posts, there was a clear, immediate risk of harm."
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From "power poses" to the self-esteem movement to implicit bias tests, we want to believe one small tweak will solve our problems, says Jesse Singal.
"The notion that a school can discipline a student for that kind of...non-harassing expression is contrary to our First Amendment tradition."
A moot case about Trump blocking tweets leads to concerns that tech companies have too much control over speech.
Civil liberties advocates warn that the legislation threatens activism, journalism, and satire.
What about the federal government's own health experts?
Even minor tweaks to the law could shore up Mark Zuckerberg's dominance.
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"We don't need to use a faulty model and apply it to the very real terrorism problem that we have at home," says terrorism expert Max Abrahms.
The whole thing is arguably voided by Section 230.
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All professions deserve the same constitutional protections that speech-heavy industries get.
Is the senator's authoritarian grandstanding the dark future of the GOP?
One bill would require lengthy disclaimers on all online political ads.
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Big outlets get subsidies. The government still gets to pick winners and losers.
Platform censorship results from centralized design. Cryptocurrency techies are building decentralized alternatives.
He was no libertarian, but he absorbed an important lesson about regulating speech.
TikTok may have outlasted the Trump administration, but whether it will find another enemy in Biden is unclear.
Online companies might not be as nefarious as you think.
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"Silicon Valley's Safe Space" has misinformed readers.
Tech companies should have the same freedom to choose their customers.
A person you know might be having an online conversation without a transcriptionist and a fact-checker right now, and we have to stop it.
The paid online newsletter service allows writers the opportunity to keep more of the fruits of their labors.
It’s a terrible idea that violates Section 230, but is it actually unconstitutional? Don’t be so sure.
You want more censorship? Go ahead, repeal Section 230.
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Government will happily suppress misinformation in favor of misinformation of its own.
May public schools punish students for off-campus social media posts?
An interesting science experiment.
Both Hawley's "national conservatism" and similar ideas prevalent in many quarters on the left threaten free speech and liberty more generally.
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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No one has a right to a Facebook platform, but purges can and should be criticized.
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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.
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