The internet is an empowering and diversifying medium capable of uplifting marginalized voices. It has allowed more Americans to meaningfully participate in political dialogue and access more information and speech than ever before. It has enabled the average person to initiate and participate in movements for political and social change and to challenge power and authority. In the internet age,…
Hon. Amul Thapar United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2017-Present); United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2008-2017) ...
In the midst of the 2018 primary season, Twitter recently announced a new policy regarding paid political speech on its platform. Twitter follows in ...
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Yesterday, a California judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges Twitter’s ban of one of its former users, the controversial Jared Taylor. I ...
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On behalf of the Institute for Free Speech (“the Institute”),[1] we respectfully submit the following comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ...
More than a thousand students gathered at the Maryland state capitol in March as part of the national “March for Our Lives” demonstrations against ...
A new study is being hyped as evidence that the government needs to police the First Amendment on social media. This month, the Campaign ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees last week had some strange scenes. One minute he’s describing Internet service providers as ...