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Authority to Regulate Political Speech Should Remain Limited
Yesterday, TechFreedom filed comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on its proposal to “modernize” the agency’s campaign finance regulations by subjecting any online political...
Draft Social Media Bias Executive Order Would Create Real Internet Speech Police
WASHINGTON D.C. — Following months of increasingly angry complaints from Republicans about social media companies’ alleged bias against conservatives, the Trump Administration is drafting an...
An Internet ‘Fairness Doctrine’ Would Stifle Free Speech, Protect Tech Giants
WASHINGTON D.C. — Tomorrow morning, TechFreedom President Berin Szóka will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the filtering practices of social media platforms. In...
#198: Social Media and Elections (w/ FEC Comm’r Lee Goodman)
Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election isn’t exactly breaking news. But recently, social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are facing an intense backlash from...
#188: Sex Offenders and Social Media
Sex offenders are often banned from playgrounds and schoolyards, but what about social networks? Should policymakers treat the virtual world the same as the real...
#77: Facebook Bias? The Right Over-Reacts
Is Facebook biased against conservatives? Gizmodo ran a story today based on interviews with former contractors for Facebook, who “curated” the otherwise-machine-generated “Trending Topics” next to the...