If we want a free and fair internet, we must respect the rights of tech companies.
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Prince Harry, Allow Me to Explain the First Amendment
While Prince Harry, some Senators, and the American people may be confused about the First Amendment, the founders were not.
Social Media “Fact Checking” versus Censorship
Corporations cannot censor, only governments can.
Google v. Oracle: A Copyrightability Decision Masquerading as Fair Use
Oracle was forced to subsidize Google’s commercial development of its own proprietary version of Java and the success of its Android smartphone—what the intellectual property laws forbid.
Guns and American Liberty
Richard Ebeling on why armed self-defense is essential in a free society.
Louder with Crowder Calls Out “Censorship”
YouTube abruptly deleted some of Louder with Crowder videos, blocked him from uploading new videos for a week and permanently demonetized his channel. “It means I can make $0 on YouTube,” he explains.
The Covid Road Not Taken: Protecting Individual Rights
Government should neither mandate nor ban vaccine passports or the other health decisions that individuals morally and rightfully should make for themselves.
Biden’s California Dream
A good thing about America having 50 states is that when states fail, we can learn from their mistakes. People defeated by California’s rules move to Nevada or Texas. But if the federal government adopts California’s rules, where can we move?
United Farm Workers Union “Activists” Invade a Strawberry Farm
The property invasion law’s supporters say the United Farm Workers union deserves the exception to property rules because rich farmers abuse migrant workers.
A Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society
Making the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution Fully Consistent with the Protection of Individual Rights.
Word Tyranny and Cultural Balkanization
America has entered into a new era of thought control. What is being insisted upon now used to be known as tyranny and criticized as dictatorship.
The Gradual Return of Good Sense
Anthony Fauci’s constant prattle about the dangers of opening up are falling on deaf ears.
Lockdowns Could Reshape American Politics
The real enemy is not a shadowy foreign power plotting to take away our freedoms, as during the Cold War, but rather it is much closer to home. While the virus is invisible, the people who dreamed up and enforced lockdowns that wrecked the country are highly visible.
Everyone Is “Essential”
Politicians have too much power over our lives. Many used the pandemic as another excuse to take more.
Rule-Breaking Politicians Should Be Thrown Out of Office
If politicians do it, it’s always necessary. Rules are for the little people.
Statement of Principles for the Local Government of Laissez-Faire
Amid the problems and rancor regarding our federal government, it is essential to establish and maintain good local government.
What Is Section 230 and Why Do Trump and His Allies Want to Repeal It?
Section 230 simply says that only internet users are responsible for what they write, not the private companies whose websites host the commenters. Secondly, it affirms what the First Amendment already implies—that private companies don’t have to host speech that violates their values.
Personal Liberty Sacrificed at the Altar of Covid Public Safety
If science had been followed in 2020 – in all fields – we’d be much healthier and wealthier than we now are. But control freaks have used Covid-19 to justify still more government controls, still more statism.
Intellectual Property in an Innovation Economy
How IP is a property right, how it functions as a property right in a free market, and how legally, historically, and economically, IP is essential to a thriving economy and flourishing society.
The Greatest Threat to Free Speech is Not Big-Tech Blocking, But Government Censorship
Real censorship is when the state uses its legal power to use force to determine the content of speech we should engage in (either by banning non-rights violating speech or forcing one to say things one would not do so voluntarily). If the state can arbitrarily determine what Twitter must post, it goes from being the protector of freedom of speech to its censor.
A Free-Market Solution To Big-Tech Bias
A free-market option to counteracting the bias of today’s internet tech companies.
“Packing” The Supreme Court and Term Limits: Stop Bringing Politics Into the Supreme Court
Today politicians are riling up their bases to mobilize over judicial nominations and consider reforms such as expanding the number of seats on the Court or imposing term limits. The ongoing rhetoric surrounding the Court falls worryingly short of how the Supreme Court actually functions and threatens to poison this essential branch of government with toxic partisanship.
Fake Fact-Checking at Facebook
How Facebook lets activists restrict my videos based on something I never said.
“The Philadelphia Statement” and The Fight for Free Speech
What is the true test of a person’s commitment to free speech? The true test does not come when he permits people to say those things he deems acceptable. The true test comes when he permits people to say those things that he deems offensive.
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