New York’s Stop Hiding Hate Act — signed into law last year and taking effect this year — is a prime example of how government dresses up an assault on liberty with a feel-good title. In a recent RealClear Markets article, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton warns that while Read more…
As the Federal Trade Commission holds workshops on how Big Tech is supposedly “harming kids,” policymakers from both the left and the right are uniting behind a dangerous idea: that government should regulate social media in the name of protecting children. But as this new paper makes clear, the real Read more…
In this piece at The Libertarian Institute, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton calls out FCC Chair Brendan Carr for abandoning the First Amendment in pursuit of partisan content control. From threatening media mergers to pushing reinterpretations of Section 230, Carr’s agenda mirrors the regulatory overreach of Lina Khan’s “Khanservatism”—just Read more…
New FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson’s first major initiative targets big tech’s content moderation practices under the guise of antitrust enforcement. But as Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton writes in RealClear Markets, this approach mirrors the same government overreach used by the Biden administration to pressure social media platforms into Read more…
The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Murthy v Missouri leaves government-driven censorship unchecked. This case sought to hold federal officials accountable for pressuring social media to silence dissent on topics from COVID policies to Hunter Biden’s laptop. With leaked emails showing threats and demands from officials, it’s clear Americans need Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets highlighting the under performance of Republican candidates in this cycle that targeted ‘Big Tech.’ He writes: “In a recent column, “A Tale of Two Midterms” former Republican Representative and Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, contrasted the Republicans’ underwhelming Read more…