Free Speech
NetChoice and the “Informational Interest”: Can the Government Ensure You Listen to the Right Message?
The Supreme Court’s decision in NetChoice v. Moody, the much-anticipated challenge to Texas’s regulation of social media companies, was not the barnburner many had anticipated. Instead of deciding the First Amendment question directly, the Court found that neither lower court did the proper facial analysis, meaning they must not only find a First Amendment violation…
Read MoreKevin Schmidt in RealClearPolitics: Why Is DHS Keeping ‘Disinformation’ Regulation Docs Secret?
Read the op-ed. My organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, has spent the same two years fighting DHS for documents on the federal board Jankowicz managed. We’re filing a second lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act to fight continued government stonewalling of our requests. Thus far, DHS has refused to provide unredacted versions of documents that outline its purported authorities to regulate disinformation. Nor…
Read MoreActivists Are Using the FCC to Target Political Enemies
AFP Foundation Senior Policy Analyst David Voorman recently published this piece for National Review, discussing the chilling impact of using government to end freedom of speech. Read the article at National Review’s site here. The Federal Communications Commission recently opened a public-comment period about whether the agency should renew the broadcast license of a local…
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