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Defamation Dipshittery of National Magnitude
John Ruiz continues to go big in the bad way
Apr 21, 2025 • Ari Cohn
Montana Governor Somehow (Accidentally?) Manages to Make TikTok Ban Bill Even Dumber
Inadvertently banning all social media from the state would be a new one
Apr 26, 2023 • Ari Cohn
Republican AGs Decide that Coercive Jawboning is Good, Actually
"It's not censorship when WE do it!"
Jul 11, 2023 • Ari Cohn
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
Should the Stanford Law Students Who Heckled Judge Duncan Be Investigated by the Bar for Incivility?
Be careful what you wish for.
Apr 18, 2023 • Ari Cohn
Notice and Takedown #1 — The Soft Launch
A new, slightly bitchy bi-weekly tech policy newsletter
Mar 3 • Ari Cohn and Tyler Tone
Desperate to Justify Unconstitutional Social Media Law, Utah Officials Blunder Through False Equivalencies
Surprise: Different Things Are Different!
May 10, 2023 • Ari Cohn
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
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
A.I. Panic is Causing First Amendment Hallucinations...in Humans
Cue Alanis Morissette
Jan 29, 2024 • Ari Cohn
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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