Balaji Srinivasan: How To Build Your Own Country in the Cloud
The Network State author and serial entrepreneur on the future of freedom, online and offline.
The Network State author and serial entrepreneur on the future of freedom, online and offline.
The Network State author and serial entrepreneur on the future of freedom, online and offline.
While the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was hailed as a victory for digital privacy, critics warn of a litany of unintended consequences.
Rather than being replaced by A.I., humans should plan to work with it.
Reddit users are protesting Texas' H.B. 20, which forces social media platforms to host speech they find objectionable.
Getting the best information when we need it will likely always be a challenge, but the Reddit hack helps.
A new Cato report sheds light on "jawboning," or attempts by state actors "to sway the decisions of private platforms and limit the publication of disfavored speech."
Plus: The editors respond to a question about the Forward Party.
Data collection is not the same as surveillance.
Proposed internet bans open a can of worms about how to punish those involved in creating and consuming controversial content.
Government should not penalize investment, thwart competition, discourage innovation and work, or obstruct production.
Plus: Vermont city repeals prostitution ordinance, political correctness revisited, and more...
A mother-daughter arrest in Nebraska was fueled in part by unencrypted Facebook messages police accessed through a warrant.
A robust market of monitoring technology already exists. There's no need to boost it further by government fiat.
Deplatforming controversial content is perfectly legal—and often counterproductive.
If you believe that moving most of our chip production onshore is good for national security, you should labor for regulatory reforms rather than subsidies.
One Medical and Amazon are going to provide a much-needed alternative to consumers who are already frustrated by the health care system.
Plus: Arizona prisons censor The Nation, Facebook's feed changes, and more...
It's none of their business.
Government often proves to be biased against large, successful companies that legislators don't understand well but customers love.
A lawsuit alleges that the social media giant "tries to conceal the dangerous and addictive nature of its product, lulling users and parents into a false sense of security."
The feds now admit there was "no need" for such a thing.
Plus: The Respect for Marriage Act, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and more...
The bill makes little note of parents' ability to control their own children's social media access.
Associate Editor Liz Wolfe discusses the political and economic fortunes of both Austin and Miami, plus potential reasons these pastures might not always be greener.
Miami and Austin lured people away from California. But the new tech hubs could end up repeating San Francisco’s mistakes.
The legislation is likely to have a number of negative consequences for consumers.
An explosive Times report alleged that Kraken CEO Jesse Powell created a "hateful workplace," leading to an employee exodus. Is that what really happened?
If Europe really cared about e-waste it would stop mandating inefficient products.
Plus: Purity politics, the end of the "millennial consumer subsidy," an unhappy outcome for folks seeking to free Happy the elephant, and more...
Plus: Who's bringing fentanyl across the border? Will Austin become a sanctuary city for abortion? And more...
The self-described "freedom maximalist" and former hedge fund manager talks "incorruptible money," Austrian economics, and why Satoshi Nakamoto's invention is unstoppable.
Vaclav Smil’s How the World Really Works offers hope and despair for techno-optimists.
A new ruling says Twitter and Facebook are not “common carriers" and thus cannot be forced to carry politicians' messages.
The Polish-born artist is creating "heroic portraits" of machines and defending individualism and creative expression in Silicon Valley.
Plus: Twitter defends user anonymity, Oklahoma legislature approves abortion ban, and more...
The Hereticon organizer on deplatforming, tribalism, and why tech dudes and journalists are natural enemies
Consumers lose out when compliance costs prevent services from ever entering the market.
The co-founder of "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" talks about the power of decentralization and the rise in subscription models for journalism.
The state has 1,288 independent special districts. But we aren't hearing significant GOP complaints about anyone's but Disney's.
Trying to sue or zone bitcoin mines out of town is the wrong response to the tradeoffs the industry presents.
However wonderful it is to imagine a world in which these things are possible, the government shouldn’t be shelling out millions to entertain speculation.
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.
Plus: New rules on sex discrimination in education, economists warn of housing market exuberance, and more...
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