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The KIDS Act Is Just as Unconstitutional as KOSA ... Just in Different Words
You've still skinned a cat no matter which way you go about it
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Ari Cohn
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Notice and Takedown #3 — Two Juries Walk Into the Plaintiffs’ Bar
The plaintiffs’ bar walks out with $381 million and our First Amendment rights
Mar 31
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Ari Cohn
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Tyler Tone
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Notice and Takedown #2 — Is Moral Panic a Form of AI Psychosis?
Don't be emotionally manipulated by humans about emotional manipulation by chatbots
Mar 17
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Ari Cohn
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Tyler Tone
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Defamation Dipshittery of National Magnitude
Apr 21, 2025
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Ari Cohn
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Montana Governor Somehow (Accidentally?) Manages to Make TikTok Ban Bill Even Dumber
Apr 26, 2023
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Ari Cohn
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Republican AGs Decide that Coercive Jawboning is Good, Actually
Jul 11, 2023
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Ari Cohn
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Texas Legislature Convinced First Amendment Simply Does Not Exist
Jun 19, 2023
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Ari Cohn
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Should the Stanford Law Students Who Heckled Judge Duncan Be Investigated by the Bar for Incivility?
Apr 18, 2023
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Ari Cohn
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Notice and Takedown #1 — The Soft Launch
Mar 3
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Ari Cohn
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Tyler Tone
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Notice and Takedown #1 — The Soft Launch
A new, slightly bitchy bi-weekly tech policy newsletter
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Ari Cohn
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The FTC’s threats against Apple News are baseless
The agency’s intimidation tactics would be frightening if they weren’t ridiculous.
Published on Expression
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Feb 27
You can’t eliminate real-world violence by suing over online speech
With so much of our national conversation taking place online, there’s an almost reflexive tendency to search for online causes — and online solutions …
Published on Expression
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Nov 27, 2025
California wants to coerce platforms into hosting less offensive speech with algorithmic liability law
First Amendment and Section 230 shocked to learn they no longer exist
Oct 11, 2025
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Ari Cohn
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Defamation Dipshittery of National Magnitude
John Ruiz continues to go big in the bad way
Apr 21, 2025
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Ari Cohn
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A.I. Panic is Causing First Amendment Hallucinations...in Humans
Cue Alanis Morissette
Jan 29, 2024
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Ari Cohn
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Republican AGs Decide that Coercive Jawboning is Good, Actually
"It's not censorship when WE do it!"
Jul 11, 2023
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Ari Cohn
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Texas Legislature Convinced First Amendment Simply Does Not Exist
Science concludes: anti-porn ideations impact brain's ability to understand Constitution
Jun 19, 2023
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Ari Cohn
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Gonzalez v. Google & Taamneh v. Twitter: Not with a Bang...
Edited highlights of our analysis
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Jun 2, 2023
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