True Crime Distorts the Truth about Crime
Popular podcasts and shows portray crime as salacious and sexy, failing ordinary victims in the process.
Popular podcasts and shows portray crime as salacious and sexy, failing ordinary victims in the process.
Yoel Roth worries about government meddling in content moderation, except when Democrats target "misinformation."
This sets a dangerous precedent.
The appeals court narrowed a preliminary injunction against such meddling but confirmed the threat that it poses to freedom of speech.
A surveillance authority in the country’s troubling Online Safety Bill won’t be enforced, officials say. But for how long?
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
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There are already people responsible for regulating children’s online activity: parents and guardians.
People should be free to choose how cautious to be. Mask mandates, lockdowns, and closing schools won't stop the virus.
A federal judge compared Waylon Bailey’s Facebook jest to "falsely shouting fire in a theatre."
The appeals court ruled that a Facebook post alluding to World War Z was clearly protected by the First Amendment.
The paper worries that "social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation."
The video site took out ads touting social media's benefits.
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Plaintiffs in Missouri v. Biden allege that federal pressure to remove and suppress COVID-19 material on Facebook and Twitter violates the First Amendment.
A new study of COVID-19 narratives makes the very mistake it purports to correct.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern for a live discussion with Jay Bhattacharya and John Vecchione about their legal case against the Biden administration.
If you don't take Oliver Anthony's surprise hit song too seriously, it's a lot of fun. Regrettably, a lot of people are taking the song much too seriously indeed.
Plus: A listener inquires about the potential positive effects of ranked-choice voting reforms.
Humanity has always adjusted to the reliability of new information sources.
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The Kids Online Safety Act imposes an amorphous "duty of care" that would compromise anonymous speech and restrict access to constitutionally protected content.
Unwired makes an unconvincing argument for heavy-handed tech regulation.
A new documentary film argues that the second-largest website on the planet is flooded with misinformation. Is that right?
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1 p.m. Eastern this Thursday for a discussion with director Alex Winter about his new documentary The YouTube Effect.
New research on Facebook before the 2020 election finds scant evidence to suggest algorithms are shifting our political views.
"Can someone quickly remind me why we were removing—rather than demoting/labeling—claims that Covid is man made," asked Meta's president for global affairs.
The E.U.’s Digital Services Act will encourage censorship around the world and even in the U.S.
The senators say they're creating an "independent, bipartisan regulator charged with licensing and policing the nation's biggest tech companies." What could go wrong?
The independent journalist talks about true press freedom, the Twitter Files, Russiagate, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Plus: court strikes down Arizona law against filming cops, GOP candidates want to cut Social Security for young people, and more...
Schools don't get to censor nondisruptive off-campus speech.
The country's favorite blue-collar champion calls attention to the 'skills gap' and asks why young men spend so much time online.
Plus: GOP candidate defends “limited role of government” in parental decisions for transgender kids, some common sense about Diet Coke and cancer, and more…
One thing is clear about Missouri v. Biden: The decision cannot be understood by viewing it through a polarized lens.
"Disinformation" researchers alarmed by the injunction against government meddling with social media content admire legal regimes that allow broad speech restrictions.
The response to the decision illustrates the alarming erosion of bipartisan support for the First Amendment.
The new energy drink has about as much caffeine as a large Starbucks coffee.
Plus: A listener questions last week’s discussion of the Supreme Court's decision involving same-sex wedding websites and free expression.
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Unfortunately, there is reason to doubt that the judge's decision will meaningfully constrain the feds.
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If you can't force a web designer to serve a gay wedding, can you force a web platform to serve a politician?
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