Jun 25, 2024
There is a movement afoot to restrict young people’s access to social media and pornography.
Critics of social media and online porn argue that they can be harmful to minors, and states across the country are taking up the cause, considering laws that would impose age-verification, curfews, parental opt-ins, and...
Jun 20, 2024
It is said that censorship is the strongest drive in human nature — with sex being a weak second.
But what happens when these two primordial drives clash? Does censorship or sex win out?
Nadine Strossen is a professor emerita at New York Law School, a former president of the ACLU, and a senior fellow at FIRE. She is...
Jun 6, 2024
Did 26 words from an American law passed in 1996 create the internet?
Section 230 of the
Communications Decency Act says that interactive websites and
applications cannot be held legally liable for the content posted
on their sites by their users.
Without the law, it’s likely Facebook, Amazon, Reddit, Yelp,
and...