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The PHP Cyber Incident Shows that Congress Needs to Act
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The PHP Cyber Incident Shows that Congress Needs to Act

When Congress returns for the lame-duck session in November, all Members should understand why passing CISA15 by its December 11th date should be at the top of its legislative list…

Technological Democratization or Re-Balkanization?
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Technological Democratization or Re-Balkanization?

But when for some reason the quality of service provided by Starlink to its Ukrainian military customers declined, it became clear that the discriminatory basis on which services have been…

Can We Verify Age Without Giving Up Our Privacy?
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Can We Verify Age Without Giving Up Our Privacy?

Shane is joined by Scott Vien, Harry Oppenheimer, and Paul Lekas to discuss international age verification laws, cybersecurity challenges, and more.

This Election Season, Data Centers Broke the Party Script
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This Election Season, Data Centers Broke the Party Script

The 2026 gubernatorial races suggest that AI and the infrastructure powering it are becoming two distinct political debates.

Speech Technologies Change, But Robust First Amendment Principles Must Not
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Speech Technologies Change, But Robust First Amendment Principles Must Not

Justice Antonin Scalia’s now 15-year-old majority opinion in the violent video game case of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association stands as a formidable bulwark against the temptations of today’s lawmakers…

Collusion via Government: The Meta Settlement’s End Run Around Antitrust Law
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Collusion via Government: The Meta Settlement’s End Run Around Antitrust Law

It’s worth noting that if the contingency payment successfully entices the states to impose similar restrictions on its competitors, Meta will similarly have leveraged settlement to achieve a level of…

CORE: Funding EU Digital Bureaucracy?
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CORE: Funding EU Digital Bureaucracy?

Yet the core question remains still how to fund the commission’s ever-growing budget as the bureaucratic demands of its governance of digital firms and markets continues to grow.

Anthropic Has Set Aside 5 Percent for the Public. Give Kids a Stake.
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Anthropic Has Set Aside 5 Percent for the Public. Give Kids a Stake.

Anthropic announced plans to commit 5 percent of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund, with more potentially added as the company’s value grows. At the roughly $2 trillion valuation reportedly…

Privacy: Is It the Naughty or the Advertising?
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Privacy: Is It the Naughty or the Advertising?

The distance between the the Video Privacy Protection Act’s origin story and the Salazar case illustrates the difference between privacy as reputation and privacy as anti-commerce.

Restoring Veritas? Harvard University Still Has a Long Way to Go Toward Returning to Its True Mission
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Restoring Veritas? Harvard University Still Has a Long Way to Go Toward Returning to Its True Mission

Can students, especially Jewish students, participate fully and confidently in campus life? I returned to my alma mater to try to find out, and while I saw encouraging signs, America’s…

Social Media Age Gating and Parental Behaviors: Unexpected Outcomes in Australia?
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Social Media Age Gating and Parental Behaviors: Unexpected Outcomes in Australia?

It can hardly be surprising that when the government regulates to reduce risks, those partially relieved of the responsibility for managing those risks relax their efforts.

Who Is Competing to Connect America?
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Who Is Competing to Connect America?

Shane and Sam Love discuss the boundaries between cable broadband and wireless services, BEAD funding, and more.

Lessons from New Mexico: Using Public Nuisance Laws to Compel Platform Changes Is Wrong
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Lessons from New Mexico: Using Public Nuisance Laws to Compel Platform Changes Is Wrong

While Meta’s massive, voluntary multistate settlement has garnered much media attention, an August ruling in New Mexico against the company illustrates the dangers for speech-centric businesses of states using public…

Nobel-Winning Ideas Don’t Implement Themselves
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Nobel-Winning Ideas Don’t Implement Themselves

But when we ask whether their ideas will truly benefit humankind, another group matters, too. Somewhere, there must be intellectual entrepreneurs who recognize what those ideas can do and take…

AI Business Models: Teasing Apart Gratis and Libre
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AI Business Models: Teasing Apart Gratis and Libre

The importance of distinguishing between gratis and libre information is as important now as it has always been.