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I’m not sure I’ve quoted Gerald Ford here before, but never mind that. The big news at the agencies—not least the antitrust agencies, but in this case, all of them—is that we the people of the United States of America are once more, as a polity, back in “business.” The federal government is now funded … My Fellow Americans, Our Long National Nightmare/Recent 43-Day Congressional Dysfunction Is Over
There has been an evolving battle in recent years over how to protect minors on online platforms in a way that would be consistent with the principles of free speech. Given the strictures of both the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the government has very limited ability to restrict either … The Law & Economics of Online Speech Platforms and ‘Unfair’ Product Design
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently kicked off its latest quadrennial review of broadcast-ownership rules, a statutorily mandated process to determine whether changes in the media marketplace obviate the need for the rules and if they still serve the public interest. Theoretically, this should encompass economic analysis of the competitive effects of the various technologies … The Curious Case of ‘Competition’ in Broadcast Regulation