Anti-Tech Wave Grows with New Justice Department Antitrust Efforts
Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook are all in the federal government’s crosshairs.
The Justice Department's 'Big Tech' Antitrust Investigation Is Unnecessary Political Theater
Both Democrats and Republicans are cheerleading for government action against Facebook, Google, Amazon, and the rest, but Americans should be skeptical.
Facebook's Libra Yields Before Congress. Bitcoin Can Never Be Controlled.
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez will never get to interrogate Satoshi Nakamoto.
The Folly of Government-Imposed Social Media 'Neutrality'
Trump supports a bill that would encourage censorship in the name of free speech.
Trump To Convene 'Social Media Summit' Over Accusations of Anti-Conservative Bias
The president invited Republican lawmakers as well as social media stars who claim that tech giants are suppressing free speech.
Facebook's Libra 'Cryptocurrency' Aims to Disrupt Payments. Bitcoin Aims to Disrupt Government Power.
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest venture won't compete with Satoshi Nakamoto’s project for undermining central banking, tyranny, and the financial surveillance state.
Muscular Content Moderation Is a Really Bad Idea That's Impossible To Implement Well
Be afraid as more journalists and politicians start calling for stronger policing of online speech.
Will Antitrust Action Against Big Tech Resolve Anything?
Being a big company is not a crime. What problem are we trying to fix?
The European Union May Order Facebook to Stop You From Calling Austrian Politicians 'Corrupt Oafs'
Censorship inevitably ends up being used to protect the powerful from criticism.
Facebook's Zuckerberg Was Right To Skip Canadian Show Trial
Abroad, legislators are in the mood to theatrically punish social media companies. CEOs shouldn’t play along.
Crossfit Deletes Facebook and Instagram After User Group Is Deplatformed
In the best of all possible worlds, such actions wouldn't be necessary. In the current climate, boycotting social media might spark a return to a robust marketplace of ideas.
To Fight 'Extremism,' Journalists Are Praising Online Censorship
Social media platforms and governments are "voluntarily" teaming up to ban "violent extremist content." What could go wrong?
No, the Government Shouldn't Break Up Facebook
Co-founder Chris Hughes' call for antitrust action is vainglorious and misguided.
Kamala Harris Wants to Be Your Online Censor-in-Chief
Resist when politicians declare that speech (even radical speech) is a “threat to our democracy.”
Should Libertarians Care About Facebook Bans?
Private property rights, public squares, "dangerous" speech, and pre-regulatory suck-ups, all debated on the Reason Podcast.
Facebook Has Every Right To Ban Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones. But It's Still a Bad Idea.
Even more worrying: New Zealand's leading media outlets are self-censoring coverage of the Christchurch mass shooting.
The 26 Words That 'Created the Internet'—and Why They May Be on the Chopping Block
Legal scholar Jeff Kosseff wanted to write a "biography" of Section 230, the law that immunizes websites and ISPs from a lot of legal actions. He fears he has written its obituary.
Sri Lankan Government Blocks Social Media Access Over Alleged Fake News
Right after 290 people were killed in a series of Easter Sunday bombings
Zuckerberg's Plea: Regulate Me Before I Violate People's Privacy Again!
Facebook would prosper in a less robust market.
'Nobody Wants To See a Government Speech Police': Senate Republicans Threaten To Regulate Facebook and Twitter
They say the social media companies display a bias against conservatives.
Stossel: Enough Crony Capitalism!
How established businesses use government to limit competition.
Will a Free Press Cheer on Government Censorship of the Internet?
Will a thirst to punish Silicon Valley destroy our liberty?
Mark Zuckerberg Calls for Government Regulation of Political Speech on Facebook
He's got his reasons, but they all suck. And will accelerate Facebook's decline as a destination in cyberspace.
Hair-Sniffer Joe Biden Should Apologize for His Whole Career: Podcast
A real American genius Joe is not.
Mark Zuckerberg: 'I Believe We Need a More Active Role for Governments and Regulators'
Facebook and the end of the open Internet era
Hide Those Memes, Folks! Europe Passes Massive Online Copyright Changes That Will Lead to Censorship
Do you have a license to link to that story? Will your sexy Tinder photo get confused with a celebrity's?
Facebook Had Every Right to Reject Elizabeth Warren's Crappy Ad
Nobody in the media should be supporting an elected official trying to control what speech online platforms allow.
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Make Your Life More Annoying and More Expensive
The Massachusetts Democrat is running for president, but sometimes it seems like she's running for America's super-CEO.
Feds Used a Secret Database to Track Journalists Covering the Migrant Caravan: Reason Roundup
Plus: Facebook says it's pivoting to privacy, and congressional Democrats want to "save the internet."
Sen. Josh Hawley Rails Against 'Big Tech,' Anti-Conservative Bias, and Section 230
"Google and Facebook should not be a law unto themselves. They should not be able to discriminate against conservatives."
Facebook Is Calling the Cops on Sad Users: Reason Roundup
Plus: Rapper 21 Savage released from ICE custody and more details on how Homeland Security scammed immigrant students
The FBI Won't Say if It Spies on Your Social Media Posts. Cue the Lawsuit!
"We shouldn't have to think about self-censoring what we say online."
Private Companies and State Governments Fight for Local News
Facebook is the latest to announce its intentions to save local media.
The 'Fake News' Epidemic Was…Fake News
It's "important to be clear about how rare this behavior is on social platforms," researchers say.
If Spreading Fake News on Facebook Is a Crime in Ohio, They Will Need More Jails
A Barberton judge just sentenced a woman to jail, house arrest, and a year without social media for repeating a rumor about a pellet gun at school.
Silicon Valley May Rue the Day it Called for Government Intervention Against Microsoft
Facebook, Google, Apple, and others are now facing the sort of regulatory and antitrust animus once leveled at Bill Gates' company.
Stossel: Does Silicon Valley Manipulate Users?
New film The Creepy Line argues that tech giants sometimes silence conservatives and try to steer America left.
Facebook Cripples Community Organizing With Overzealous Attempts to Stop Russian Trolls: Reason Roundup
Plus: Trump changes his mind about military spending and why Rand Paul hates Trump's new attorney general pick.
Facebook Also Becoming a Sexuality-Free Zone: Reason Roundup
New rules ban erotic art, talk of shared sexual interests, kink groups, and anything that "encourages sexual encounters between adults."
Stossel: Google and Facebook Cross 'The Creepy Line'
Tech companies are compiling incredibly detailed dossiers about you.
Expect More Conservative Purges on Social Media If Republicans Target Section 230
Killing Section 230 would only lead web platforms to ban even more speech.
Facebook and Big Tech Discover That Political Friends Are Fickle Friends
As Facebook's supposed ideological allies unfriend the social media giant, the tech industry is learning that there are no permanent allegiances in politics.
Suppressing Trump's Bigotry on Facebook Is Another Form of Bias
Censoring politicians' racist, sexist, and abhorrent behavior on social media does a big favor to racist, sexist, and abhorrent politicians.
