The Feds Are Going After Trump's Lawyer. It Looks Pretty Bad: Reason Roundup
Plus: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress, Backpage indictment unsealed, tensions rise after chemical attack in Syria.
Plus: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress, Backpage indictment unsealed, tensions rise after chemical attack in Syria.
Cambridge Analytica and the Trump campaign copied tactics from the Obama campaign's playbook. Should that change how we view the supposed Facebook scandal?
We need to up our media literacy game, not delegate responsibility to politicians who have no idea what they're doing.
How will Trump and new national security adviser John Bolton respond to a reported chemical attack in a war-ravaged country?
Prodding private companies into self-censorship is a dangerous government tradition.
Plus: YouTube shooter bought and registered gun legally.
But wouldn't have stopped the Cambridge Analytica incident
While America gawks at tales of consensual Trump-spanking, Internet freedom is coming under legislative and cultural attack
Proposal to verify online "bots" is security theater that will make it harder for small online firms to compete with the likes of Facebook.
Guess what, you don't have to be on Facebook.
Break out your public-choice primers, folks.
Plus: Facebook goes after Trump's social media firm, and Trump tiptoes toward a trade war.
There's no reason for alarm (yet) over a Facebook data "breach" that benefited a firm with ties to Trump's campaign.
"We do not do this lightly, but they have repeatedly posted content designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups."
How can a company be expected to arbitrate "fake news" when it can't even tell ancient artifacts from porn?
Yes, kooky rumors can spread quickly online. In this case, the angry reactions to those rumors may be spreading even faster.
Sharing arrest and accident info on Facebook before cops can tell "official" media is not OK, say Laredo police-and nevermind that one of their own was the source.
As people worry about the net neutrality vote, public officials threaten our rights to free speech.
Do not ignore the self-interest of elected officials in controlling online political messaging.
Stop scapegoating Russia for America's divisions—and stop using Moscow as an excuse to call for restrictions on speech.
Satan is on Clinton's side, and check out this coloring book featuring a buff Bernie Sanders!
If our democracy cannot survive another 43 hours of political videos on YouTube, it is already doomed.
Worry over Russia's "influence" on U.S. politics is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of free speech.
He doesn't know why, and the former Libertarian finds it worth noting Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is a maxed-out donor to his potential Democratic opponent.
Xenophobia meets technophobia.
Participating in the marketplace of ideas is not interference.
"Words must do more than offend, cause indignation, or anger" to be illegal, says judge in bear-hunter harassment case.
A federal judge says personal pages used for public purposes implicate the First Amendment.
Even the police can't control human-trafficking hysteria anymore, and it could backfire for them.
The rules would apply only to videos-for now.
Facebook may be forced to evaluate whether content complies with laws; huge costs if they get it wrong.
Coincidentally, a panel at SXSW today is about social media surveillance
The company argued that it had a free-speech right to text users unauthorized birthday reminders.
Hate crime is thought crime.
How did sites like Breitbart and Red State get included?
Calling for the social media outlet to censor things, even completely made up stories, can end up in bad places.
It's the campaign's own fault, but outlets are feeding the 'rigging' complaint.
Social network loosening community standards for newsworthy events instead.