Tech Policy Podcast

Judge Mehta’s summary judgment orderEurope’s Antitrust Demagogues Shake Down Google

Content Moderation’s Legalism ProblemCollective Security in a Federated WorldTech Policy Podcast #345: Content Moderation Around the WorldIn Internet Speech Cases, SCOTUS Should Stick Up For Reno v. ACLU

Exploring the impact of the Supreme Court decision on Chevron deference, the podcast discusses the history of the doctrine and the complications surrounding its application. They also highlight the role of the solicitor general's office, the need for clarity, and the potential implications of the potential end of Chevron deference.

Ari Cohn, Free Speech Counsel at TechFreedom, joins the show to discuss Missouri v. Biden, the tricky relationship between the First Amendment and government jawboning of social media platforms, and the unhinged discourse around social media “censorship.”Links:Judge Doughty’s opinionThe Future of Online Speech Shouldn’t Belong to One Trump-Appointed Judge in LouisianaIf You Believe In Free Speech, The GOP’s “Weaponization” Subcommittee Is Not Your FriendWhy Is The Republican Party Obsessed With Social Media?Trumpism on the Bench?The Internet Speech Case That the Supreme Court Can’t Dodge

Eric Berger’s Ars Technica profileLiftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceXJim Dunstan’s new paper on space regulationJim’s recent appearance before the House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyThe ending of Nebo Zovyot (“The Sky Beckons”) (1959)

Read Jim’s new paper on space regulationCatch Jim’s July 13 testimony before the House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyTech Policy Podcast #333: The FCC in SpaceTech Policy Podcast #306: The New Space Race

Walter Olson’s profileFollow Walter on TwitterCourts Should Reject School Districts’ Suits to Childproof the Internet

Adam Thierer profileAdam’s work:Microsoft’s New AI Regulatory Framework & the Coming Battle over Computational ControlWhat If Everything You’ve Heard about AI Policy is Wrong?Can We Predict the Jobs and Skills Needed for the AI Era?Flexible, Pro-Innovation Governance Strategies for Artificial IntelligenceU.S. Chamber AI Commission Report Offers Constructive Path ForwardThe Coming Onslaught of “Algorithmic Fairness” RegulationsCorbin’s review of Toby Ord’s book The Precipice:World to End; Experts Hardest HitAlso:An article taking aim at the “IAEA for AI” concept!

Daphne Keller profile pageAgustina Del Campo profile pageSlide deck for the Digital India Act.Daphne’s Lawfare article, “The Three-Body Problem: Platform Litigation and Absent Parties.”Daphne’s new paper, Platform Transparency and the First Amendment.Daphne’s and Corbin’s appearances at Media Law Resource Center’s Legal Frontiers in Digital Media 2023 conference. (Stay tuned for video.)Go see Agustina at RightsCon 2023.

Many legislators and policymakers want to ban TikTok from the United States. They claim that the wildly popular social media platform endangers American national security. Although the critics are making a lot of noise, their argument for a ban is surprisingly shaky. What concrete threat does TikTok pose? What First Amendment obstacles stand in the way of a ban? TechFreedom’s Corbin Barthold and Ari Cohn discuss.