Don’t mess with people’s stuff. It’s a casual expression of common sense that also reflects foundational property law. Secure property rights give people independence. Real property law makes our homes…
By Jim Harper | February 27, 2024
South Korea is the latest in a string of nations to prohibit Deepseek’s groundbreakingchatbot from operating, joining Australia, the Republic of China on Taiwan, Italy, and manyothers, including America, that…
By Michael M. Rosen | February 27, 2024
The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently updated its taxonomy of “critical and emerging technologies,” emphasizing the US government’s increased focus on data privacy and cybersecurity. This move,…
By Shane Tews | February 26, 2024
Once Democrats finally secured a 3-2 majority in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last fall, the agency lost no time in approving a long-anticipated proposal to reintroduce net neutrality by…
By Daniel Lyons | February 23, 2024
With the US Supreme Court preparing for March arguments in the contentious jawboning case of Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden), the plaintiffs––Missouri, Louisiana, and five individuals censored on social media platforms––filed their high-court brief this month. Murthy hinges on whether censorship by…
By Clay Calvert | February 21, 2024
The algorithms know and love me, so LinkedIn pointed me the other day to a webinar cum gripe session put on by George Washington University Law Professor Daniel Solove and Cornell University Law Professor…
By Jim Harper | February 20, 2024
Last week, Project Liberty released the results of a survey of 14,000 adults in seven countries—Brazil, China, France, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States—that found “people are deeply…
By Bronwyn Howell | | February 20, 2024
All of the players involved in social media, including the large platforms, want to deal with the problem of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) offenses. But the sheer volume…
By Will Rinehart | Owen O'Brien-Powers | February 16, 2024
As 2024 begins, the United States continues its retreat from its post-World War II role as leader of a rules-based global trading system. This retreat began in 2017 with the…
By Claude Barfield | February 16, 2024
The rise of streaming platforms like Spotify has reshaped music economics, revealing the industry’s longstanding flawed incentive structures that can make it difficult for artists to be paid for their…
By Shane Tews | February 15, 2024
If lawmakers spent as much time thinking through the First Amendment implications of their bills as they do devising acronyms, judges might labor less and states wouldn’t pay the attorney fees of plaintiffs who…
By Clay Calvert | February 14, 2024
Unwanted calls and messages have become a major nuisance in the digital age. Regulators have scrambled to address rising complaints about these unwanted intrusions, but the persistence of fraudulent communications…
By Shane Tews | February 14, 2024
In case you missed it, ten days ago, the US and EU held the fifth ministerial meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC), since its inception in 2021.…
By Claude Barfield | February 13, 2024
In 1991, in a small farming town 15 miles west of Fresno, California, the last hand-operated telephone switchboard in the US went automatic. The moment completed what can now be understood…
By Will Rinehart | February 12, 2024
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) targets “Big Tech” platforms under the idea that new regulations will increase competition and user choice. But by mandating openness, these new rules could inadvertently…
By Shane Tews | February 8, 2024