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Today Senator Blackburn is expected to try ramming KOSA--the Kids Online Safety Act--through the Senate via unanimous consent.
KOSA was an Internet censorship bill in its inception, and in 4 years the only thing its authors have done is try to disguise KOSA's nature, not fix it.
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Reagan’s FCC Chair, Mark Fowler, put it best: “Never in its history has the agency ever acted so corruptly and unlawfully to intrude on broadcasters’ First Amendment rights.”
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18 FCC veterans of both parties support ABC’s First Amendment lawsuit to stop the FCC from jawboning ABC in retaliation for speech the President doesn’t like. Read the amicus brief we just filed with Protect Democracy ⤵️
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We couldn't be prouder of the coalition of over a dozen former FCC Chairs, Commissioners and other senior leaders of both parties we built with @ProtectDemocracy to oppose the FCC's attacks on ABC's broadcast licenses
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Commissioner Anna Gomez continues to defend the First Amendment
I’m glad Disney has shown courage and stepped up.
It is time this administration understands that the Constitution does not bend to political convenience, and that the First Amendment protects news and commentary even when those in power wish it didn’t.
ALT Screenshot of Gomez statement
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Courts will see through whatever pretext the FCC uses to justify its mafia shakedown of ABC, or to delay judicial review. The First Amendment requires the court to enjoin any further harassment of ABC and other broadcasters.
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Mark Fowler, Reagan's first FCC Chair (1981-87), put it best in his sworn declaration supporting ABC's lawsuit: "Never in its history has the agency ever acted so corruptly and unlawfully to intrude on broadcasters’ First Amendment rights." techfreedom.org/wp-content/u…
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ABC’s suit lays bare how the FCC is weaponizing its early renewal procedure to punish the network for allowing its show hosts to criticize the administration. The message to all broadcasters: dissent at your own peril.
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📄 The FTC cannot police political bias in AI services.
Last week, @TechFreedom filed comments explaining why the First Amendment and longstanding FTC precedent bar the Commission from policing the bias, objectivity, accuracy, or balance of AI-generated outputs.
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The First Amendment bars the government from retaliating against disfavored speech.
@TechFreedom filed comments opposing efforts to deny ABC's license renewals, arguing the FCC lacks the legal & constitutional authority to force early renewals or revoke ABC's broadcast licenses.
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Today, @TechFreedom's @BerinSzoka joined Protect Democracy and a bipartisan coalition of former high-ranking FCC officials in urging FCC Chairman Carr to end the Commission's retaliatory early review of ABC's broadcast licenses.
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The First Amendment leaves editorial judgments to broadcasters—not regulators.
@TechFreedom was joined more than 50 First Amendment scholars and free speech organizations in filing reply comments urging the FCC to end its “equal time” crackdown on The View.
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The government shouldn't decide which political interviews are "real news."
Yesterday, @TechFreedom filed comments urging the FCC to grant ABC's petition, recognize The View as a bona fide news interview program, and stop chilling political speech.
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🎉 We are excited to announce the promotion of @AndyJungTech to our first AI Policy Counsel!
Andy has played a key role in advancing our work on emerging technology policy, and this promotion reflects both his contributions and the growing importance of AI policy to our mission.
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As the federal approach to AI preemption shifts, what should effective AI governance look like?
🗓️ Join @WLF and @TechFreedom this Wednesday, May 13 at 1:00 p.m. ET for a panel featuring @neil_chilson (@abundanceinst), @jrhuddles (@CatoInstitute), and @AndyJungTech.
Register 👇
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📢 Let's clear the air: There’s a lot of misinformation about Section 230.
The reality is that today's user-driven Internet simply wouldn't exist without it. As we mark the 30th anniversary of the law that helped create the Internet, we're debunking some common misconceptions.
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.@BrendanCarrFCC is weaponizing the “public interest” standard against viewpoints he dislikes. Such jawboning violates the First Amendment, due process, and the rule of law. 75+ civil society groups & free speech experts joined us in this coalition letter 🧵
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"Today's decision illustrates that such bills will likely fail First Amendment scrutiny unless they offer much clearer guidance on how to avoid liability."
@BerinSzoka of @TechFreedom responds to the Ninth Circuit ruling that California’s Online Speech Code is unconstitutional.
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Government has no business policing media for viewpoint bias or balance. The FCC must repeal its news distortion policy, urges a bipartisan group of 11 former FCC Chairs, Commissioners and other top officials in a petition we filed today with Protect Democracy
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5/ Read our coalition letter here: techfreedom.org/wp-content/u…
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