Tech Policy Podcast

#323: Florida & Texas vs. the Internet


Listen Later

Last year, Florida and Texas passed draconian social media speech regulations. Each law violates the First Amendment, and, not surprisingly, each was blocked by a federal trial court. On appeal, however, things got weird. Although one appellate court affirmed most of the ruling against Florida’s law (SB 7072), another let Texas’s (HB 20) go into immediate effect. In an emergency order, the Supreme Court re-blocked the Texas law—for now. A further ruling by the justices, probably next year, is all but inevitable. TechFreedom’s Corbin Barthold and Ari Cohn break down the situation. For more, see a recent article by Corbin, “Trumpism on the Bench?,” published at The Bulwark; a recent article by TechFreedom’s Berin Szóka, “Mass Shooting Videos Are Protected Under These Awful Laws,” published at The Daily Beast; and Corbin’s and Berin’s joint essay “No, Florida Can’t Regulate Online Speech,” published at Lawfare.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Tech Policy PodcastBy TechFreedom

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

46 ratings


More shows like Tech Policy Podcast

View all
The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

The NPR Politics Podcast

25,868 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,193 Listeners

Democracy Now! Audio by Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! Audio

5,710 Listeners

Cato Podcast by Cato Institute

Cato Podcast

967 Listeners

The Conversation with Dasha Burns by POLITICO

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

1,523 Listeners

The Lawfare Podcast by The Lawfare Institute

The Lawfare Podcast

6,302 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,918 Listeners

EU Confidential by POLITICO

EU Confidential

105 Listeners

The Trade Guys by CSIS  |  Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Trade Guys

148 Listeners

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat by New York Times Opinion

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

7,177 Listeners

Your Undivided Attention by The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, Daniel Barcay and Aza Raskin

Your Undivided Attention

1,604 Listeners

Hard Fork by The New York Times

Hard Fork

5,470 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,097 Listeners

Central Air by Josh Barro, Megan McArdle & Ben Dreyfuss

Central Air

333 Listeners

The Foreign Affairs Interview by Foreign Affairs Magazine

The Foreign Affairs Interview

446 Listeners