These Democrats Want the FEC To Crack Down on Elon Musk's Grok
Seven congressional Democrats called on the FEC to stop deepfakes. But is there really much to worry about?
Seven congressional Democrats called on the FEC to stop deepfakes. But is there really much to worry about?
Governments around the world seek to suppress ideas and control communications channels.
The Meta CEO says his platforms will not blindly obey the bureaucrats again.
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French police arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov for failing to control his social media and messaging app.
María Oropeza's arrest during a livestream highlights the dangers faced by opposition leaders in Venezuela and the regime's relentless efforts to silence dissent.
Sen. Rand Paul makes the case against the Kids Online Safety Act.
Twitter's founder says Nostr is “100 percent what we wanted”—an open, ownerless network.
As Britain grapples with riots, politicians shift focus to “holding tech accountable” by pushing for censorship and sidestepping the deeper issues fueling the chaos.
"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties," said one researcher. "This is a dictator's fantasy."
Only Sens. Paul and Wyden are expected to vote "no" on Tuesday. Power to stop KOSA now resides with the House.
Nina Jankowicz finds out the truth may hurt, but it isn’t lawsuit bait.
The Kids Online Safety Act would have cataclysmic effects on free speech and privacy online.
Good intentions, bad results.
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The creator of Masameer County was charged with promoting homosexuality and terrorism for his South Park-style satirical cartoon.
And the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in.
Even as he praises judicial decisions that made room for "dissenters" and protected "robust political debate," Tim Wu pushes sweeping rationales for censorship.
The Court is remanding these two cases for more analysis—but it made its views on some key issues clear.
China's free speech record is bad, but the federal government's isn't so great either.
The verdict in Murthy v. Missouri is a big, flashing green light that jawboning may resume.
It's a classic case of jawboning.
"It’s not like public health is infallible," the Stanford professor and Great Barrington Declaration author tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.
Upcoming legislation would repeal parts of the 1873 law that could be used to target abortion, but the Comstock Act's reach is much more broad than that.
Issuing a posthumous pardon for Bennett would reaffirm our nation’s commitment to free expression and intellectual freedom.
The court ruled that it is unconstitutional for officials to remove library books with the "intent to deprive patrons of access to ideas with which they disagree."
The plaintiffs hope to "help Republicans and conservatives see why this ban is inconsistent with the free speech values they say they care about."
Officials suspend efforts to force X to suppress the world’s access to video of a crime.
European speech regulations reach way too far to muzzle perfectly acceptable content.
Eric Levitz argues that the left should take a stand against censorship—for practical rather than principled reasons.
Congress is "silencing the 170 million Americans who use the platform to communicate," the company argues.
Local hostility to free speech may become a global problem.
The American Sunlight Project contends that researchers are being silenced by their critics.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.
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Banning companies for doing business with China is a bad path to start down.
"Profound irreparable harm flows from the Act's chilling of adults' access to protected sexual expression," the filing reads.
The push to regulate social media content infringes on rights guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
One viewer said it should be illegal to take the Lord's name in vain on TV—and that was one of the more coherent complaints.
And they're still trying to censor speech on social media.
Martin Kulldorff talks about his dismissal from Harvard Medical School, persisting college vaccine mandates, and surviving COVID-era censorship on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
The Turkish opposition ran circles around President Recep Tayyib Erdogan's party in local elections. It could be the beginning of the end of his 20-year reign.
"There were many of us who opposed censoring pornography...precisely because of our commitment to feminist goals and principles," says the former ACLU chief.
“Even open democracies have implemented restrictive measures,” finds a global report.
The Biden administration’s social media meddling went far beyond "information" and "advice."