As Facebook Crumbles, the Case for Breaking It Up Is Weaker Than Ever
The site is clearly in trouble and the government doesn't need to step in.
Technology
Everybody Is Wrong About Big Tech
Robby Soave doesn't like it when social media deplatforms users, but the far bigger threat comes from lawmakers on a mission.
Robby Soave: Today's Bipartisan Tech Panic Is Yesteryear's Freakout Over Video Games
The Reason senior editor argues that attempts to break up tech giants and rein in social media are based on flawed arguments.
The New York Times Is Wrong About the 'Myth of Big Tech Competence'
Still, Facebook should not have allowed its VIPs to flout the rules it claimed applied to everyone.
A Win for Devin Nunes in Lawsuit Over Journalist Ryan Lizza's Tweet
Plus: "The endless catastrophe of Rikers Island," studies link luxury rentals and affordable housing, and more...
Let's Play Horseshoe Theory
Extremists on the left and the right are much closer to each other than either side would like to admit.
GoDaddy Shuts Down Web Hosting for Pro-Life Organization's Abortion Whistleblowing Site
Pro-lifers and pro-choicers have one thing in common: a passion for snitching
Reddit's Messy Fight Over COVID Misinformation
Denizens of the popular online forum protested the spread of COVID misinformation, but the company rightly wouldn't cave to their demands. It still cracked down on 55 subreddits in the end.
Amazon Pressures FCC To Deny SpaceX's Satellite Internet Plan
Powerful companies attempting to get government agencies to suppress competition means consumers could lose out.
40 Ways Things Are Getting Better
"What has gotten materially better in America in, say, the last twenty years?" So! Much!
Chinese Regulators Tell Kids They Can't Play More Than 3 Hours of Video Games a Week
The government appoints itself the nation's parent.
Cuomo Replacement Kathy Hochul Says New York's Real COVID Death Toll Is 12,000 Higher Than Cuomo Claimed
Hochul’s office reports that some 55,400 people have died of the coronavirus in New York, much higher than the 43,400 claimed by Cuomo, who left office Monday.
Roger Pielke Jr.: We Are Successfully Adapting To Climate Change
The findings of the newest IPCC report on the future of the planet—called a "code red" for humanity—have been wildly distorted.
TikTok 'Hatescape' Hype Ignores Important Details
A new analysis reportedly showing a huge proportion of TikTok content is racist tells us nothing about the overall prevalence of extremist and bigoted content on the app.
The Taliban Is No Excuse To Crack Down On Secure Tech
Breaking encryption technologies always makes us less safe, no matter what the justification.
Net Neutrality Is Far From Necessary
Remember, the "open internet" that regulatory rules purportedly preserve emerged from a world without net neutrality rules.
China's New Data Privacy Law Doesn't Protect People Against the Biggest Threat: The Government
The law just addresses use of individuals' data by private companies, carving out exceptions for government harvesting of data.
Why OnlyFans Is Double-Crossing Sex Workers
Plus: FTC revives antitrust suit against Facebook, Planned Parenthood pushes back against Montana abortion laws, and more...
Governments Love a Media Cartel—As Long as They're in Control
Friday A/V Club: Some people are against concentrated media power. Some just want to bend it to their will.
YouTube Has the Right To Shut Down Rand Paul. That Doesn't Mean It Should.
Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
Rubio Bill Would Make Tech Companies Disclose Government Interference
Plus: Congress' gift to Big Tech companies, infrastructure bill costs, and more...
NLRB Recommends Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote Again on Whether To Unionize
In April, workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 2-to-1 not to unionize. Now they may be asked to recast their votes.
China's Big Tech Crackdown Shouldn't Be Cheered by Antitrust Fans in the West
An onslaught of antitrust and data-security crackdowns have threatened the country's biggest ride-sharing platforms, cryptocurrency exchanges, and messaging services.
Trump's 'Big Tech' Lawsuits Are Ludicrous
Market power does not make a private company the equivalent of a government agency.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Dave Smith on Big Tech Censorship, Lockdowns, and Running for President
The comedian and podcaster talks about running for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination and his beef with Reason.
Big Tech, Watchdog Groups, and Law Enforcement Join Forces To Purge Extremists
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube will expand their use of a central database that compiles extremist content for coordinated de-platforming.
The Case for Beaming Internet Into Cuba
The technological hurdles might be too difficult to overcome, but it's worth trying.
Elizabeth Warren Says People Are Struggling and Jeff Bezos Hasn't Pitched In Enough
Bezos pitched in by creating an online marketplace of cheap consumer goods that people can get delivered to their homes in two days flat.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Is Right: Companies That Dominate Today May Be Gone Tomorrow
Today's antitrust activists forget that big companies with significant market share come and go.
Elizabeth Warren Wants the IRS To Create Its Own TurboTax. What Could Go Wrong?
A simplified tax code is the answer, not giving the IRS more funding.
AOC Says Amazon Abuses Market Power, Ignores Fact That Customers Shop at Amazon Because They Want To
After returning from space yesterday, Jeff Bezos thanked Amazon customers who made his fortune possible.
Virtual Access to Doctors During the Pandemic Changed the Lives of Patients With Disabilities. Now That Care Is in Jeopardy.
Telemedicine opened up new possibilities for patients with disabilities and chronic conditions.
Bezos Launching Into Space Will Probably Make Your Life Better Too
May our new space billionaires produce spinoff technologies for the rest of us to enjoy in due time!
Space Liberation!
Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.
Joe Biden's Executive Order on 'Promoting Competition' Covers Everything From Farmers Markets to Net Neutrality
Plus: Treating social media platforms as common carriers, Norway criminalizes sneaky influencer editing, and more...
Poll: People Like Amazon More Than Any Institution but the U.S. Military
Plus: Laws against teaching critical race theory are un-American, ditching tariffs could save lives, and more...
The FTC Fails To Prove Facebook Is a Monopoly
Plus: Retaliatory action in Syria, developments with the delta variant, Clarence Thomas on marijuana, and more...
Major Anti-Tech Antitrust Package in Congress Moves Forward
Taken together, these six measures would have a major impact on the way we shop, chat, and otherwise go about our business online.
Tim Wu, Biden's New Tech Guru, Is Deeply Wrong About What Makes the Internet Great
In many professional arenas, Wu's swings and misses would have consequences. In Wu's case, it landed him an advisory role in the Biden administration.
Is Microsoft 'Out To Get Conservatives'? And Is That Jim Jordan's Business?
Plus: Biden to back bill ending crack/cocaine sentencing disparity, the truth about tech startup creation, and more...
The PRO-SPEECH Act Is Anything but First Amendment-Friendly
The law would make a federal case out of every aggrieved internet user and compel companies to host messages they do not wish to platform.
The Doubling of Life Expectancy Is the Greatest Achievement in 100 Years
Science writer Steven Johnson, author of the new book Extra Life, on vaccines, medical breakthroughs, and life after Covid.
Ohio Seeks To Declare Google a Public Utility
Plus: How Facebook killed blogging, the trouble with so-called common good originalism, and more...
Don't Try To Fix Big Tech With Politics
I don't know the correct level of content moderation by Facebook, Twitter, Google, or Amazon, and neither do you.
Clarence Thomas Declares War on Big Tech
Like a number of other modern conservatives, Thomas seems to think that Twitter and other tech companies are effectively censoring right-of-center views.
The Bipartisan Antitrust Crusade Against Big Tech
How reactionary politicians are using monopoly concerns as cover to pursue pre-existing political agendas
United Airlines Wants To Bring Back Supersonic Air Travel. Will the FAA Let It?
The company has agreed to purchase 15 supersonic airliners from Denver-based aerospace startup Boom.
Get Ready for Another Big Deplatforming Debate, Because Facebook Is Tweaking Its Rules Again
Plus: Prosecutors are big lobbyists for new crime bills, Biden floats compromise on corporate taxes, and more...
