Examining the constitutionality of laws affecting speech on social media platforms, the US Supreme Court seems torn between issuing minimalistic decisions that sometimes even avoid a case’s substantive merits and making a…
By Clay Calvert | August 14, 2024
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reclassified broadband as a common carrier service subject to Title II requirements originally designed to discipline the landline telephone system. By doing…
By Daniel Lyons | August 13, 2024
In the groundbreaking case U.S. v. Google, Judge Amit Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that the tech giant has been using its…
By Will Rinehart | August 12, 2024
In 2021, Australia’s ultimatum to internet media platforms, including Meta (Facebook and Instagram’s parent company) and Google to “voluntarily” settle with mainstream media providers for use of their news content in platform…
By Bronwyn Howell | August 9, 2024
Recent child online safety bills have ignited a firestorm of controversy. These emotionally charged proposals aim to shield children from online harm, but they’ve raised serious concerns about potential infringement…
By Shane Tews | August 8, 2024
“We’re a court. We really don’t know about these things. You know, these are not like the nine greatest experts on the internet,” quipped Justice Elena Kagan in February 2023 during arguments…
By Clay Calvert | August 6, 2024
Our government grapples with challenges that demand quick solutions and decisive action. However, the government’s structure often lacks the necessary incentives to drive innovation. How can venture capital principles be…
By Shane Tews | August 5, 2024
For a while in my life, I thought I wanted to be a communications professor. I even pursued a master’s in new media and communication studies for two years. That…
By Will Rinehart | August 5, 2024
In her unceasing campaign to forestall new international rules for digital trade, US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai has seized upon a new rationale: the need to forge a new…
By Claude Barfield | August 2, 2024
Sometimes a false narrative is repeated so often that people accept it as true. This has been the situation with mergers in the US, where numerous government officials, some academics, and others have accepted and…
By Mark Jamison | August 1, 2024
Everything is right in my colleague Daniel Lyons’s recent post “Net Neutrality, and Other FCC Initiatives Jeopardized Post-Chevron,” covering practical upshots of the Chevron doctrine’s end at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).…
By Jim Harper | July 31, 2024
The US Supreme Court this year ruled on three cases—Lindke v. Freed, Murthy v. Missouri, and Moody v. NetChoice—affecting social media platforms and the First Amendment’sguarantee of free expression. While prior posts encapsulated the decisions…
By Clay Calvert | July 30, 2024
Last week, political scientist James C. Scott passed away. Scott’s 1998 book, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, easily ranks near the top of…
By Will Rinehart | July 29, 2024
Our government grapples with challenges that demand quick solutions and decisive action. However, the government’s structure often lacks the necessary incentives to drive innovation. This is where Arun Gupta comes in, emphasizing…
By Shane Tews | July 25, 2024
Social media companies found much to like in last month’s blockbuster Moody v. NetChoice decision. Facing legislation that would have forced Facebook, X, and others to carry content against the companies’ will,…
By Daniel Lyons | July 25, 2024