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Adam Marcus: Promise broken with 1940 Census data release

April 2, 2012

Adam Marcus’s essay explaining what’s wrong with today’s release of the 1940 census rolls was also published by the Orange County Register.


‘Next Digital Decade’ eBook a Must-Read for Digital Policy

February 21, 2012

TechFreedom launched just over a year ago with the publication of The Next Digital Decade , a free ebook that brought together 26 scholars of...


Supremes to Congress: Bring Privacy Law into 21st Century

January 30, 2012

Last week’s unanimous decision of the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Jones ( PDF ) marks a major victory for constitutional rights. While the justices...


Who Really Stopped SOPA, and Why?

January 25, 2012

I split my time these days between Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill, and last week was a very good week to be in Washington. In...


Feds Should Stay Out of Google/Twitter Social Search Spat

January 12, 2012

As has become customary with just about every new product announcement by Google these days, the company’s introduction on Tuesday of its new “ Search,...


Time for the Supreme Court to End FCC Indecency Censorship

January 11, 2012

[Cross posted from Huffington Post ] Does the First Amendment allow the FCC to censor “indecent” content like the occasional curse word or a brief...