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Restricting the Government from Speaking to Tech Companies Will Spread Disinformation and Harm Democracy

Invoking the First Amendment, a single district court judge effectively issued a prior restraint on large swaths of speech, cutting short an essential dialogue between the government…
IMAGE: US President Joe Biden speaks to representatives of more than 100 countries during a virtual democracy summit at the White House in Washington DC on December 9, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

2023 ‘Democracy Perception Index’ a Wake-Up Call for US, EU

"Perhaps surprisingly, the survey found that only around half of citizens in the United States and parts of western Europe viewed their country as a democracy."
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To Legislate on AI, Schumer Should Start with the Basics

Editor’s Note: This article was cross-posted with Tech Policy Press here.  Last Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled his SAFE Innovation Framework,…
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Digital Privacy Legislation is Civil Rights Legislation

Seven must-have provisions for a comprehensive federal consumer data privacy law - without such a law, America can’t have “liberty and justice for all.” 

Tech Firms Promise to Address Hate and Extremism, Again

New initiatives announced at the White House’s 'United We Stand' Summit.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - JULY 08: Counter protestors are held back by riot police as the Ku Klux Klan leaves a staged rally on July 8, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Five Years After “Unite the Right”: Reflections on Charlottesville for Today’s Threat Landscape

Charlottesville was a watershed moment in US politics and a wake-up call to the counterterrorism community. What lessons have been learned on how to counter white supremacist extremism?
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen (L) listens during a hearing before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of House Energy and Commerce Committee December 1, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing on "Holding Big Tech Accountable: Targeted Reforms to Tech's Legal Immunity." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Disinformation, Radicalization, and Algorithmic Amplification: What Steps Can Congress Take?

Ambassador (ret.) Karen Kornbluh proposes concrete steps to curb online extremist content - from requiring transparency to FTC enforcement actions.
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The Facebook Oversight Board’s Trump Ban Decision Is About More Than Trump

The Oversight Board must grapple with algorithmic decision-making and whether politicians' speech ought to be governed by special rules, with implications for political speech…

A Capitol Riot and Big Tech Takes a Stand: But Is It the One We Want?

To solve the numerous challenges linked to content moderation, the spread of incitement to violence, censorship etc., we certainly need standards based on human rights law, but…

Don’t Blame Privacy for Big Tech’s Monopoly on Information

As the prospect of antitrust charges against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) looms larger, regulators should challenge the concentration of data within Big Tech…

The Age of Unregulated Social Media Is Over

In the United States, discussion of regulating technology companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter is still relatively rare, and considered remarkable when it occurs. But…
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