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2 weeks ago | aei.org | James Pethokoukis |Ian Rowe |Clay Calvert |Christine Rosen

Article The New York Times vs AGI Multimedia Clifton Duncan’s One Man Show | THE INVISIBLE MEN Post The Press Clause’s Disputed Meaning and Its Implications for Trump-Era Journalism Op-Ed Signature Moves: Are We Losing the Ability to Write by Hand?
Technology and innovation Archives

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Shane Tews |Will Rinehart |Jim Harper |Clay Calvert

Multimedia Personalization, Privacy, and Policy (with Rob Sherman) Post Should NEPA Apply to BEAD’s Broadband Grants? Post REAL ID Day After-Action Report: Stalemate Post Loosening an Ownership Cap and Tightening a News Rule: Can Carr’s FCC Reconcile Its Objectives?
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Archives

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Clay Calvert |Shane Tews |Daniel Lyons |Mark Jamison

Post Loosening an Ownership Cap and Tightening a News Rule: Can Carr’s FCC Reconcile Its Objectives?
Tag Archive: First Amendment | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

4 weeks ago | aei.org | Clay Calvert |Daniel Lyons |Roger Pielke Jr. |Robert George

Post Trump’s Retributive Attacks on Speech and Press Rights Overshadow His Early Righteous Embrace of Online Free Expression Post So, Are We Gonna Ban TikTok, Or…?
Demystifying Social Media Addiction Litigation

Jan 17, 2025 | aei.org | Clay Calvert |Owen O’Brien-Powers

The old sales pitch hollered by baseball game vendors was “you can’t tell the players without a scorecard.” Something similar rings true today about not only knowing the litigants but also their theories in more than 1,000 lawsuits wending their way through numerous courts and blaming social media platforms for addicting and harming minors. The plaintiffs range from minors and parents to public school districts, local governments, and more than 40 states.
Connecting the Dots Between Biden’s Jawboning and Meta’s Policy Changes

Jan 14, 2025 | aei.org | Clay Calvert |Kate Beinkampen

Much ink is being spilled over Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s January 7 announcement and a related statement by executive Joel Kaplan about the company replacing its platforms’ prior content-moderation efforts with a more laissez-faire, free-speech-friendly approach. The changes were likely influenced not only by a desire to please incoming President Donald Trump but also by the outgoing Biden administration’s efforts to squelch content that conflicted with its preferred narratives. Changes.
Suing OpenAI for ChatGPT-Produced Defamation: A Futile Endeavor?

Jan 8, 2025 | aei.org | Clay Calvert |Kate Beinkampen

More than 16 months after I wrote about the defamation-by-chatbot case of Walters v. OpenAI, the groundbreaking battle pitting radio show host Mark Walters against the company behind ChatGPT is reaching a pivotal point. Following Georgia Superior Court Judge Tracie Cason’s refusal last January to dismiss Walters’ claim that OpenAI is civilly liable for defamatory output generated about him by ChatGPT, the parties conducted discovery.
The Necessity of Narrow Tailoring: Why Florida’s Latest Social Media Law Is Unconstitutional

Dec 11, 2024 | aei.org | Clay Calvert |Owen O’Brien-Powers

If ever a First Amendment challenge to a statute constraining minors’ access to social media platforms was inevitable, it’s surely the one filed in late October by trade associations Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice targeting a vastly overbroad Florida law, House Bill 3. As explained here, the complaint in CCIA v.
AI Governance: From Fears and Fearmongering to Risks and Rewards

Nov 26, 2024 | aei.org | Clay Calvert |Owen O’Brien-Powers

To better understand issues affecting governance over (and guardrails for) the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, it’s essential to step outside of one’s own research niche and listen to diverse and distinguished experts from the United States and abroad debate the matters.
The Supreme Court Misses a Chance to Clarify Press Freedom for Gathering News via New Technologies

Nov 19, 2024 | aei.org | Clay Calvert |Owen O’Brien-Powers

The US Supreme Court declined last month in National Press Photographers Association v. Higgins to hear a First Amendment challenge to a Texas law that restricts journalists’ newsgathering abilities by criminalizing using drones to take and display images “of an individual or privately owned real property.” Property owners and tenants also may file civil actions under the statute.