First Amendment

A federal judge halted the shutdown of VOA, citing violations of administrative law and congressional authority, not press freedom.

The states have stepped up to regulate consumer-facing online services where the federal government has been utterly silent. But the tech companies are not sitting idly by.

Recent rulings by federal judges provide templates for opposing the destruction of congressionally-created agencies like the Voice of America.

Launching a new series with leading experts on regulating the information environment, co-organized by NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights and Tech Policy Press.

Is it lawful, feasible, and desirable for government actors to regulate social media platforms? A conversation with leading experts at the NYU Law Forum.

U.S. media institutions are abandoning their own First Amendment rights by settling lawsuits with Trump, writes Jaffer for the New York Times.

Marty Lederman, Asha Rangappa, and Xiangnong (George) Wang discuss how the Supreme Court balanced free speech rights and national security concerns in the TikTok case.

"If the Court were to accept the Solicitor General’s rationale ... the government would be free to force the removal of owners of any media outlet whose fealty it did not trust."

U.S. democracy appears so strong as to be unbreakable. But the billionaire class is its weakest point: small, concentrated, and all too often uninterested in following the rules…

"It is vital that we discuss the Washington Post’s and L.A. Times’s non-endorsement in the U.S. presidential election, plainly and openly, as what they actually are."

The ODNI's prepublication review directive improves several important aspects of the system, but fails to make certain critical changes.

The TikTok ban is a reincarnation of past reactionary efforts to limit Americans from accessing media from abroad.