Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom) discusses, in exquisite detail, the First Amendment problems with H.R. 7521, the House bill to ban TikTok.
Topics include:
- Your First Amendment right to read crazy shit
- TikTok ban bros: throwing spaghetti at the wall
- Foreign broadcast-ownership rules: so passé
- “iT’S nOT sPEech, It’S CoNDuCt”
- H.R. 7521: Least. Tailored. Law. Ever.
- Banning media: it’s what the other guys do
- McCarthyism: so hot right now
Links:
A Breakdown of the Bizarre Factions Fighting Over the TikTok Ban Bill
Tech Policy Podcast #344: TikTok and the First Amendment
Tech Policy Podcast #368: How the Government Gets Your Data
Tech Policy Podcast #289: The History, Use, and Abuse of the Fairness Doctrine
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