Even if social media's harms to minors are as devastating as some claim, will age restrictions effectively mitigate them — or will they create new, greater risks for free speech, privacy, and access to information?
🚨 The First Amendment doesn't have a “fake news” exception.
The FCC threatening broadcast licenses over “distorted” coverage is exactly why the news distortion rule is unconstitutional.
The government doesn't get to be the arbiter of journalistic truth.
🔗 Each week, @futurefreespeech.org rounds up attacks on press freedom, online speech, protest rights, and more in our global newsletter, The Free Flow. Read the latest edition for more on these stories and other free speech news:
Arrested without a warrant with potential press freedom implications:
"Rodriguez Flores is from Colombia, has lived in the U.S. for five years, and 'frequently reports on stories critical of ICE,' her lawyers said in a court filing in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee."
🔗 Such actions, @thejustncase.net argues at The Bedrock Principle, will undermine the U.S.'s efforts to combat online speech restrictions abroad: www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/freedomgov...
The Trump admin’s legitimate concerns around European censorship of online content continue to collide with its anti-free speech policies at home.
Recently, DHS has increased the use of administrative subpoenas to target and unmask online critics.
The right to criticize one’s government is a core American principle. But if we chill dissent here, our case for free speech abroad weakens.
Read my first solo post at The Bedrock Principle: www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/freedomgov...
Europe’s worrying online speech raids have recently made headlines.
But as the U.S. launches freedom.gov to promote “digital freedom” abroad, DHS is issuing administrative subpoenas to target and unmask online critics here at home.
Should your favorite influencer have to weigh in on the latest political controversy, even when they don't make political content?
If we demand speech on command, @ashkhen.bsky.social explores what that means for our free speech culture.
Fiasco is one of my favorites. It's like a ttrpg meets a Cohen brothers movie.
I write about all the ways that immigration enforcement currently constitutes an erosion of the rule of law, not “law and order.”
Defenders of the immigration crackdown claim to be demanding compliance with the law. But in enforcing said laws, the government is ignoring court orders, suppressing constitutionally protected activity, and escalating force in public spaces.
When was he supposed to do that? Between the bursts of pepper spray? Between the blows to his head?
Really good, albeit sobering, stuff from my old pal Justin.
When federal agents believe political leaders will defend their actions regardless of the facts, restraint becomes optional.
Next time, things could be even worse.
"If free speech comprises a total set of human activities, does artificial intelligence merely comprise a subset?" Many thanks to @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social and @futurefreespeech.org for inviting me to speak on this next Monday, Örebro University, Sweden: futurefreespeech.org/roundtable-o...
Rep. Andy Ogles is spot on. In Nashville, private property has already been abolished, and O'Connell and the Metro Council have seized the means of production.
How did your favorite AI chatbot rank when it comes to its “free speech culture”?
To find out how we evaluated and ranked each chatbot, read the full report here: futurefreespeech.org/that-violate...
🚨 NEW REPORT
🤖 We asked 8 major AI chatbots to generate content about lawful, but controversial issues.
We then scored and ranked each chatbot, factoring in company policies, model behavior, transparency, and openness to debate.
Some pundits are willfully ignoring the role the FCC played in this and are acting as if what happened to Kimmel is just a normal business decision, where an entertainer faces consequences from their employer for saying something beyond the pale on TV. www.thejustncase.net/p/jimmy-kimm...
I’m sure everyone wishes they had a house that was purchased in 1980 for $11k and passed down to a next generation. www.newschannel5.com/news/rezonin...
Hello from Pride in NYC❤️If you have a minute pls read why 1A is so important!!
Are EU digital laws being used to justify censorship in Latin America?
A new guest post from @celeup.bsky.social’s Juan Martin Marinangeli and Matias Gonzalez Mama dives into Latin America’s race to implement European-style digital regulations — often without vital safeguards.
The U.S. continues to weaponize free speech in its immigration crackdown — but we’re keeping close watch🕵️♀️. Meanwhile, disinformation and hate speech laws are rapidly evolving across the Atlantic.
A new Tennessee law — the Protecting Everyone Against Crime and Extremism Act (PEACE Act) — appears mundane but raise serious First Amendment concerns, writes @ashkhen.bsky.social with The Future of Free Speech, a nonpartisan think tank at Vanderbilt University. @futurefreespeech.org.
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
We should all be worried about the rise of extremist and anti-democratic movements in liberal democracies. But it would be even more dangerous if we adopted illiberal means to address them.
I enjoyed contributing to this thought-provoking essay with
@nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social
"Democracies cannot be defended by imitating the tactics of their enemies. They must show confidence in their values, be that openness, pluralism, and the power of persuasion over prohibition." @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social & @thejustncase.net
www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/germany-ba...
