Ryan Smith

2 months ago | cei.org | Jessica Melugin |Ryan Smith

The third episode of Otherwise Objectionable, the narrative-driven podcast that tells the true story of Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, moves beyond the earliest days of the internet to the beginning of the Dotcom Era. Spam makes its first appearance on early internet forums, angering the small online community. Dueling lawsuits leave early web companies with a massive question: can they moderate speech without getting sued off the face of the earth?

2 months ago | cei.org | Jessica Melugin |Ryan Smith

Otherwise Objectionable is the brand-new limited series podcast that tells the true story of how a previously-obscure defamation law, Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, is behind America’s amazing tech boom as well as the internet experience we all rely on and take for granted today.

Jan 6, 2025 | cei.org | Ryan Smith

At this point, it is easier to name the major home appliances that have not been hit with bad regulations from the Biden administration – televisions are off the hook. But for just about everything else, Department of Energy (DOE) bureaucrats are going all out with anti-consumer rules, including ones for furnaces, air conditioners, washing machines and dryers, light bulbs, refrigerators, ceiling fans, dishwashers, and stoves.

Jan 6, 2025 | cei.org | Ryan Smith

This week’s roundup will be a little different than usual. Since the new year began mid-week, and I already published a breakdown of 2024’s year-end numbers, as did Wayne Crews, here we’ll just list weekly data for last week’s new regulations. Annual projections and other data will be back in next week’s edition. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from food labels to cybersecurity workers. On to the data: • Agencies issued 66 final regulations last week, after 69 the previous week.

Jan 1, 2025 | cei.org | Ryan Smith

All the major regulatory numbers for 2024’s new regulations are now in the books. Here are the highlights, followed by a little analysis and a preview of what 2025 might hold:• Agencies issued 3,248 new final regulations in 2024. • That’s the equivalent of a new regulation every two hours and 42 minutes, 24/7, for all 366 days of the leap year. • For comparison, there were 3,018 new final regulations in 2023, 3,168 in 2022, and 3,257 in 2021. • Agencies issued 1,769 proposed regulations in 2024.