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Szoka Testifies at Senate Privacy Self-Regulation Hearing

June 29, 2012

The debate thus far has systematically underestimated the benefits to consumers from the use of personal data to tailor advertising, develop new products, and conduct...


Szoka to Testify Today Before U.S. Senate on Privacy Self-Regulation

June 28, 2012

TechFreedom President Berin Szoka will testify on privacy and self-regulation at today’s livestreamed hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. As he explains...


Europe’s Antitrust Charges Against Google Won’t Stick

June 21, 2012

In an  article  now online at Foreign Affairs, TechFreedom President Berin Szoka and International Center for Law and Economics Executive Director Geoffrey Manne explore the European...


Supreme Court Allows FCC to Continue Broadcast Censorship

June 21, 2012

The United States Supreme Court today unanimously held FCC’s indecency standards were unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment. But in Federal Communication Commission v Fox...


UMG-EMI Deal Is No Threat To Innovation In Music Distribution

June 20, 2012

Everyone loves to hate record labels. For years, copyright-bashers have ranted about the “Big Labels” trying to thwart new models for distributing music in terms...


Antitrust, not Net Neutrality, Should Govern Online Video Competition

June 13, 2012

The Wall Street Journal reports that “The Justice Department is conducting a wide-ranging antitrust investigation into whether cable companies are acting improperly to quash nascent...