Like hundreds of millions of Americans during the pandemic, residents of the District of Columbia walked about the city, smartphone in hand. Some listened to podcasts, talked to a loved one, or bided time in the augmented reality of Pokémon GO. Many residents were likely aware that their phones were tracking them as they stretched...
A young girl named Alexis started using social media when she was 11 and was barraged with videos about body image, eating disorders, and cutting. She developed a social media addiction, anorexia, harmed herself, and contemplated suicide. Samantha was sucked into an algorithmically fueled rabbit hole about rare diseases which she increasingly became convinced she...
Elon Musk is again driving the news cycle with his groundbreaking purchase of Twitter for more than $43 billion. It’s been a whirlwind. In less than a month, Musk became Twitter’s largest shareholder, was considered for a seat on the board, declined a seat on the board, offered to purchase Twitter, to which Twitter moved...
This week, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, on behalf of its client The Texan, filed an amicus brief with the Fifth Circuit Court urging it to uphold anti-censorship legislation passed in the previous legislative session. The brief, filed in support of the state of Texas, focuses on the interplay between free-speech rights and a federal law...
Former President Donald Trump launched his new social media platform, Truth Social, this past President’s Day. To say the launch created buzz around the country would be a colossal understatement, but the mainstream media won’t tell you that. The launch—and its aftermath—also show how weary conservatives are with big tech censorship and algorithms that attempt...