It does seem odd that TV stations get fined by the government for language that would barely get you a PG rating at the movies. And five non-profit groups are urging the Supreme Court to end ‘censorship’ of television broadcasts: In a brief with the court, the Cato Institute, the Center for Democracy and Technology, [...]
It was always a dumb law. That teachers could be banned from communicating on Facebook with students was a paranoid overreaction to fears about student abuse. Teachers need to talk with students and policymakers should be encouraging more individualized outreach to students, not less. A judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction against the Missouri [...]
Missouri has passed a law banning teachers from being in contact with students over Facebook. The ACLU is considering a lawsuit: “I do think there are First Amendment issues with the law,” said Tony Rothert, legal director for the ACLU of Eastern Missouri. Rothert of the ACLU said the way the law is written, it [...]
The newest push by IP content creators is to pass the PROTECT-IP Act. I’ve written in the past about the danger of this bill in creating a dragnet of liability for search engines and other online companies that could lead to sites doing nothing wrong being cutoff if they do anything that appears vaguely controversial. [...]
