Jeff Kosseff

Jan 2, 2025 | wsj.com | Jeff Kosseff

A heavy-handed new law forced TikTok to announce that it would shut down operations “within days.” Although the law left people without a popular forum to share and access information, a government official brushed off free speech concerns, saying that the ban did not mean “doom and gloom” for the general public. “Compared with the national security laws of other countries, it is a rather mild law,” the official told the BBC.

Mar 18, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Jeff Kosseff |Elizabeth Amato |David Krugler |Frederick M. Hess

In March 2020, Waylon Bailey posted on Facebook a joke about zombies, and how his local sheriff’s office in Forest Hill, Louisiana had orders to shoot the infected. Appealing to Brad Pitt’s character from World War Z, Bailey added the hashtag #weneedyoubradpitt. A few hours later, the sheriff’s office arrested him and charged him with terrorism under a state law that forbade spreading information with the intent of causing panic.

Dec 17, 2023 | sltrib.com | Jeff Kosseff

This term, the Supreme Court will reconsider America's laissez-faire approach to regulating the internet, and in doing so it will address vital and new First Amendment questions. Can states stop social media sites from blocking certain content? Can the federal government pressure platforms to remove content it disagrees with?

Dec 14, 2023 | nytimes.com | Jeff Kosseff

This term, the Supreme Court will reconsider America's laissez-faire approach to regulating the internet, and in doing so it will address vital and new First Amendment questions. Can states stop social media sites from blocking certain content? Can the federal government pressure platforms to remove content it disagrees with?

Dec 14, 2023 | nyti.ms | Jeff Kosseff

Opinion|Social Media Is a Mess. Government Meddling Would Only Make It Worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/opinion/supreme-court-social-media.htmlGuest EssayDec. 14, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ETMr. Kosseff is a senior legal fellow at The Future of Free Speech Project. Sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter  Get expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world every weekday morning.