16 Jul The Technology 202
That’s how Democrats in Congress are blasting the largest fine the federal government has ever imposed on a tech company for failing to uphold its promises to improve its privacy practices.Source: The Technology 202...
16 Jul The Etymology of “Dark Money”
A decade ago, Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation was looking for a short phrase to put before the following fact: “Of the 202 outside organizations spending money to influence the 2010 mid-term elections, just 93 of them have disclosed donors to Federal Election Commission”...
11 Jul Big Tech Is a Likely Target at White House Social-Media Summit
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11 Jul President Trump can’t block critics on Twitter; decision affects other elected officials
It’s the president’s favorite way to talk to the American people and the word: Twitter. He’s got more than 60-million followers, but a court has ruled he can’t block followers just because he doesn’t agree with what they say. The 2nd U. S. Circuit Court...
11 Jul Free Speech Promotes Healthy Democracy in Virginia
When it comes to the First Amendment, the people of Virginia should be proud of their laws, and the nation should take notice as to why.Source: Free Speech Promotes Healthy Democracy in Virginia...
08 Jan Win or Lose, the Alex Jones Lawsuit Will Redefine Free Speech
Once upon a time, there was a fringe news outlet with a loud and dissenting opinion. A fatal shooting, it claimed, was not at all what it seemed to be: It was a hoax, orchestrated by some shadowy force—probably Communists—bent on replacing freedom with dictatorship.Source:...
08 Jan Ballard Spahr: MD and DC News Organizations Win Challenge To Online Political Ad Law
In a 50-page opinion and order issued today, a Maryland federal court ruled in favor of a coalition of Maryland and Washington, D.C.-based news organizations on their challenge to a Maryland law that would have placed significant burdens on publishers of online political advertisements.Source: Ballard...
17 Oct Supreme Court takes public access TV case with bigger implications
The Supreme Court will settle a dispute over a video that aired on a New York City public access television channel that could have ramifications for social media and public radio stations. On Friday, the Justices said they would accept Manhattan Community Access Corp. v.Source:...
17 Oct Counterfeit Campaign Speech
On September 28th, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that forbids the surreptitious use of bots to, among other things, influence Californians’ votes in an election. The law is a disclosure rule: the bot may speak, but it must clearly identify itself as...
04 Sep Hey, Google, Facebook, Twitter – Trump’s got a point. You need to do a better job of self-regulating
President Trump is speaking forcefully about fixing a growing problem affecting our national discourse. He says we may need to regulate the giant tech companies that control vast swaths of our information landscape, due to their bias.Source: Hey, Google, Facebook, Twitter – Trump's got a...