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?
Social media platforms and governments are "voluntarily" teaming up to ban "violent extremist content." What could go wrong?
Assassin's Creed Unity included a surprisingly accurate digital replica of the famous cathedral.
Censorship continues to be about empowering those in charge.
At a time of civil unrest, France's government wants to push retail food prices even higher.
Politicians seem unable to learn from a history of grabby tax policies fueling populist anger.
The U.S. rose four places in the International Tax Competitiveness Index, and this just the latest bit of good news.
The right-wing politician faces prosecution and psychiatric examination for posting pictures of ISIS atrocities.
Emmanuel Macron wants teens to "value" their citizenship. Milton Friedman would be appalled.
In 18th century France, wearing the wrong fabric could get you in big trouble.
Trump wants to outdo the Bastille Day festivities in Paris.
Politicians cast attacks on them as attacks on democracy. How self-serving.
And he wants to censor online porn, too.
The EU can be quite protectionist, particularly vis a vis its eastern members.
Socialism and big government remain popular, particularly among young people.
Donald Trump blunders his way into a healthy trans-Atlantic development.
The U.S. could be on the path to French-style economic sclerosis.
Reason editors Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman talk Trump, French election, health care, Colbert, and the FCC.
An electoral victory is just a necessary prerequisite to liberalization and reform; without it, populists will only gain power.
The consequences of France's presidential election, irrespective of the final results, will be less dramatic than many people think.
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk France, the government shutdown, "hate speech," and the decline of Western civilization.
For one, Macron is the one with no previous elective office while Le Pen is the one from a political family.
Voters go to the polls Sunday, where two candidates will advance to the final round.
Both her center-left and center-right opponents are campaigning on much needed labor reforms, as well as tax and spending cuts, not popular with Socialists.
An initial police investigation found the rape of a 22-year-old was 'accidental.'
Zineb El Rhazoui doubts Charlie Hebdo still has the "capacity to carry the torch of irreverence and absolute liberty."
With dismal approval ratings, it was highly unlikely Hollande would've gotten anywhere if he had decided to run.
The rationale for France's veil ban-protecting other people's sensibilities-seems broad enough to cover full-body swimwear.
France's top court struck down a ban on Muslim women's swimwear known as "burkinis."
Freedom of religion is supposedly guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights, but there are many exceptions.
Secular and socially-liberal Americans are blasting the French burkini bans. Yet when it comes to spreading "tolerance" here, will we get the message?
The French government has long tried to mandate correct thinking and secularism by curbing free expression.