Political speech has flourished on the Internet, thanks in large part to the First Amendment and a lack of regulation from the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). But is the longstanding “Hands Off the Net” consensus in danger? Evan is joined by FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman to discuss how digital political speech is currently regulated and what threats exist for digital speech.
A couple highlights:
Goodman: “We can either recognize and embrace free speech on the internet and its wholly constructive democratic effects, or we can start regulating it, impeding it, and discouraging it, and causing everyone who wants to communicate on the internet to look over their shoulder and decide ‘am I going to be punished by my government for speaking freely on my home computer.’”
Swarztrauber: “While the first amendment does protect all kinds of speech, I think there was a particular premium on political speech. That was the real goal.”
#344: TikTok and the First Amendment
#343: China and National Security
#342: Save the Children (From State Social Media Laws)
#341: The FTC Tries to Shape the Market
#340: Making Sense of the SCOTUS Internet Speech Cases
#339: Will Tech Swallow the Fourth Amendment?
#338: Gonzalez v. Google
#337: China and Domestic Surveillance
#336: Tech Illiteracy on the Right
#335: Is Screen Time Bad for Kids?
#334: Snake Oil Salvation: Malcom Kyeyune on the New Internet Counterculture
#333: The FCC in Space
#332: Facial Recognition Technology
#331: Section 230’s Long Path to SCOTUS
#330: The FTC & FCC in Court
#329: Will Rinehart’s Wild Weird Brain
#328: What’s the Deal with European Antitrust?
#327: The Collapse of Complex Societies
#326: Content Moderation Potpourri
#325: Live: Quinta Jurecic on Jan. 6, Social Media, and the Great Rage
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