Platforms & Polemics

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 • Ari Cohn and 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 • Ari Cohn and Tyler Tone

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Notice and Takedown #1 — The Soft Launch

A new, slightly bitchy bi-weekly tech policy newsletter

Mar 3 • Ari Cohn and Tyler Tone

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February 2026

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 • Feb 27

November 2025

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 • Nov 27, 2025

October 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 • Ari Cohn

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April 2025

Defamation Dipshittery of National Magnitude

John Ruiz continues to go big in the bad way

Apr 21, 2025 • Ari Cohn

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January 2024

A.I. Panic is Causing First Amendment Hallucinations...in Humans

Cue Alanis Morissette

Jan 29, 2024 • Ari Cohn

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July 2023

Republican AGs Decide that Coercive Jawboning is Good, Actually

"It's not censorship when WE do it!"

Jul 11, 2023 • Ari Cohn

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June 2023

Texas Legislature Convinced First Amendment Simply Does Not Exist

Science concludes: anti-porn ideations impact brain's ability to understand Constitution

Jun 19, 2023 • Ari Cohn

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Gonzalez v. Google & Taamneh v. Twitter: Not with a Bang...

Edited highlights of our analysis

Published on TechFreedom • Jun 2, 2023

May 2023

Desperate to Justify Unconstitutional Social Media Law, Utah Officials Blunder Through False Equivalencies

Surprise: Different Things Are Different!

May 10, 2023 • Ari Cohn

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