Big Tech’s Immunity in Jeopardy
A federal appellate court’s decision to rehear a case in which a controversial provision of 1996’s Communications Decency Act protecting Big Tech firms from civil suits because they are “distributors…
Big Tech Charged with Continuing to Censor Trump, Conservatives
Big Tech is not fighting fair in its push back against former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign to prevent it from censoring conservative opinions and opinion leaders, the American Conservative…
Political Extremism: What Is, And What It Is Not, And Why It Is Dangerous
Political extremism is by definition problematic. Extremism prevents meaningful discussion and debate and it precludes appropriate compromise — something that in a pluralistic society is necessary as only a tyrant…
Free Speech Watchdog Sues Colorado City Over Campaign Law
A Lakeland, Colorado citizen’s group filed suit Thursday in federal court challenging the constitutionality of a city law regulating the organization’s reporting on candidates in its newsletter. Attorneys with the Institute for…
Is Big Business Now A Greater Threat To Free Speech Than Government?
As I wrote in a preceding essay, the First Amendment was written to limit the government’s power. In the 18th century, only the state was conceived as possibly wielding the power…
New Colorado Senate Bill Establishes Government Ministry Of Truth
A new Democratic-sponsored Colorado Senate bill is raising eyebrows with the proposed establishment of a state-run ministry of truth to regulate online speech. The bill, titled “Digital Communications Regulation,” seeks the creation…
Conservative Excellence Is The Best Defense Against Cancel Culture
In a recent edition of the Stanford Review, scholars Scott Atlas, Victor Davis Hanson, and Niall Ferguson wrote a statement defending themselves against the baseless attacks of leftist colleagues at Stanford University…
Big Tech Thinks You’re An Idiot Child Who Can’t Govern Yourself
Last week, YouTube removed videos of former President Donald Trump’s speech at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, citing violations of its rules about “misleading election claims” under its “presidential…
‘Free Speech for Me, but Not for Thee’
The American media — long stalwart defenders of the First Amendment — are now having second thoughts. For decades, it was a commonplace sentiment among journalists that freedom of the press…
The tech supremacy: Silicon Valley can no longer conceal its power
‘To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,’ George Orwell famously observed. He was talking not about everyday life but about politics, where it is…
No Fair Trial For Big Tech
How do you make a case against capitalism while appearing to defend consumers’ rights and values? You make a movie called The Social Dilemma. The movie is cleverly done. It purports…
Can Macron stem the tide of Islamism in France?
Just over a week ago, Emanuel Macron said he wanted to end ‘Islamic separatism’ in France because a minority of the country’s estimated six million Muslims risk forming a ‘counter-society’.…
America, Google and Me: My Senate Speech
Last week, at the invitation of Sen. Ted Cruz, I spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee about Google’s having placed more than 60 Prager University videos on its restricted list.…
FCC Chairman: Net-Neutrality Supporters Saw ‘Political Advantage’ in Stirring ‘Fear’
By Mairead Mcardle • National Review Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said Friday that some advocates of net neutrality saw a political advantage in fomenting fear about the policy’s…
Publishers, Not Trump, Endanger Free Speech
By Kyle Smith • National Review The First Amendment has never been stronger. Yet freedom of speech is under dire threat. Both of these things can be true, and both…