TechFreedom

08/14/2024

Today we filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to set aside the Federal Communications Commission’s new Open Internet Order, which would make broadband once again a heavily regulated Title II service.

https://techfreedom.org/fcc-lacks-authority-for-title-ii-broadband-regulation-techfreedom-tells-sixth-circuit/

08/06/2024

📆 Save the date!

Join us on August 29 at 1 PM ET for "Tech in the Courts," a new virtual series from .org & WLF.

Panelists Roger Nober, Ben Sperry, Blake Reid, and Berin Szóka will dive into the legal limits on common carriage.

https://techfreedom.org/unveiling-tech-in-the-courts-a-webinar-series-on-litigating-the-digital-revolution/

07/15/2024

"FCC-imposed orbital debris rules probably won’t survive the end of Chevron deference."

Our reply comments explain why the Commission’s ability to regulate outer space is in serious jeopardy:

https://techfreedom.org/with-chevron-deference-gone-the-fccs-ability-to-regulate-outer-space-is-in-peril/

06/28/2024

The FCC's statutory authority on orbital debris is shakier than ever. Courts today are unlikely to find that the public interest alone gives a communications agency any such power:

https://techfreedom.org/fcc-continues-to-ignore-warnings-of-overreach-on-orbital-debris-regulation/

06/13/2024

In TechFreedom Weekly, we play musical MythBusters and unveil the truth behind AI regulation.

Plus the Robinson-Patman Act, NASA and noninterference, and more…

Plus the Robinson-Patman Act, NASA and noninterference, and more…

06/07/2024

NASA's non-interference questionnaire asks some important questions. But the right answers aren't technical, they're legal, and NASA lacks the authority to answer them:

https://techfreedom.org/nasa-lacks-authority-to-independently-develop-non-interference-standards-for-lunar-operations/

05/30/2024

In TechFreedom Weekly, we looked at an FCC rule that Congress already said no to--plus a new podcast, content moderation, and more:

Plus a podcast, content moderation, and more…

05/30/2024

Can the FCC make a new rule even after Congress already told it not to? This week we told the Sixth Circuit to reject executive overreach:

https://techfreedom.org/fcc-defies-congress-with-data.../

05/23/2024

In TechFreedom Weekly, we looked at a proposal to "sunset" Section 230, replacing it with... well, nobody knows yet! Plus an FTC open meeting, two podcasts, and more:

Plus an FTC open meeting, two podcasts, and more…

05/22/2024

Sunsetting Section 230 without a plan for replacing it is a reckless endeavor that would allow Congress to hold free speech and the open Internet hostage.

We explained why in a letter to Congress:

https://techfreedom.org/proposal-to-sunset-section-230-threatens-a-free-and-open-internet/

05/16/2024

In TechFreedom Weekly, we looked at what AI does and doesn't change about elections. Plus a new podcast episode, conservatism and technology, antitrust, KOSA, and more:

Plus a podcast, conservatism and technology, antitrust, KOSA, and more…

05/02/2024

In TechFreedom Weekly, we looked at the challenge to the FCC's new digital discrimination rules, plus In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing, AI and Section 230, TikTok, net neutrality, and more:

Plus in-space manufacturing, AI & Section 230, net neutrality, and more…