Who Owns Your Data? The Supreme Court could be poised to decide whether it's you or Big Tech companies. Reason · Jun 24
GOP data privacy bill tries again to set national standard Privacy advocates of all political stripes say a federal data privacy standard is becoming more necessary as states pass their own laws and as artificial intelligence complicates the technology landscape. To that end, a House Republican data privacy bill released last month would create consumer rights to delete personal data and… Roll Call · May 14
How a Bill Banning AI Companions for Kids Could Usher in Widespread ID Checks Online Plus: Supreme Court pauses ban on mail-order abortion pills, TikTok's artistic merit, a defense of pickup artists, and more... Reason · May 4
Maine Bill Proves States Are Capable of Adopting Bad Data Center Policies Without Federal Intervention A week after Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to pause AI data center construction indefinitely, Maine is poised to institute the first statewide ban. Reason · Apr 3
Sex Ed Classes Can't Teach 'Gender Ideology' If States Want Federal Funds Plus: Court refuses to break up Google, Epstein victims speak at the Khanna/Massie press conference, a shift in young men's views on porn Reason · Sep 3, 2025
Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13 The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025
The European Commission Wants You To Use USB-C Forever Product differentiation is instrumental to technological innovation. Reason · Jan 2, 2025
Supreme Court To Hear TikTok Ban Case The ban violates the First and Fifth Amendments. Strike it down. Reason · Dec 18, 2024
How Post-Arrest DNA Swabs Threaten Innocent People's Privacy Most states collect DNA from felony arrestees pretrial. They should need a warrant to do so. Reason · Aug 28, 2024
Federal Court Rules That Google Illegally Maintained a Monopoly Google is "the best," the court says. But being on top is dangerous. Reason · Aug 7, 2024
Texas and Florida Want the Supreme Court To Bless Their Unconstitutional Social Media Laws Both states are trying to force tech companies to platform certain sorts of speech. Reason · Feb 26, 2024
How Ron DeSantis, Tucker Carlson, and Elon Musk Will Change the Section 230 Debate Expect the very foundations of the internet to come under attack from politicians and the mainstream media. Reason · May 25, 2023