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Goodbye Lemons: How the Internet Revolutionized the Used-Car Market | Discourse
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Knowing Without Meeting in the Internet Era
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The Internet Doesn’t Need Heavy-Handed Regulation
Read more at National Review.
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New Hampshire Should Clarify the Legality of Collecting Phone and Internet Records
Chair Carson, Vice Chair Gannon, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Brent
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Evaluating Arguments for Antitrust Action Against Tech Companies
In the United States, growing concern that large digital platform companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are
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Conservatives & Common Carriage: Contradictions & Challenges
Adam Thierer warns conservatives against using the state to regulate private speech platforms. Read more at the Technology
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When It Comes to Fighting Social Media Bias, More Regulation Is Not the Answer
Conservatives who think common carrier regulation will make big tech less hostile to conservative viewpoints are misguided. Read
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Do Our Leaders Believe in Free Speech and Online Freedom Anymore?
A major policy battle has developed regarding the wisdom of regulating social media platforms in the United States, with the

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The Erosion of Publisher Liability in American Law, Section 230, and the Future of Online Curation
As internet businesses started to emerge in the 1990s, online content distributors were taken to court for material they
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Tech Critics on Both Sides Have it Wrong
Jennifer Huddleston and Brent Skorup refute arguments against Section 230, which protects tech companies from liability from
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EU Data Privacy Fines Are Getting Steep. Will This Be the New Normal?
Andrea O'Sullivan writes on the "new normal" of the E.U. levying fines for compliance to its sweeping GDPR privacy regulations
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The White House Social Media Summit and the Return of ‘Regulation by Raised Eyebrow’
The Trump administration hosted a “Social Media Summit” at the White House yesterday that featured President Trump and various

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Interpreting CDA Section 230 and its Future
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 was mostly an attempt to restrict and control certain objectional Internet content. But

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Internet 101 Should Be a Required Class
Tyler Cowen proposes a new required class: one which students learn to use the internet more effectively.Read it at Bloomberg.
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Mommy Bloggers and the Internet Regulation Debates
Jennifer Huddleston writes on internet regulation and its effect on parents who blog, otherwise known as "mommy bloggers."Read
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Trade-Offs and Choices in Privacy Policy
On Tuesday, the American Action Forum hosted a congressional briefing titled “Approaches to Regulating Technology—From Privacy

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Regulating Facebook could hinder small businesses with overseas customers
Christine McDaniel writes about the harmful impact that regulating FaceBook can have on small businesses.Read it at The