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 once again make broadband a heavily regulated Title II service.
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TechFreedom, launched in 2011, digs deep into the hard policy and legal questions raised by technological change.
About us
TechFreedom, launched in 2011, digs deep into the hard policy and legal questions raised by technological change. We’re bullish on the future: for the most part, it’ll be great—if we let it. If those in power can resist the all-too-natural impulse for stability and control. The future isn’t a place we can design, it’s an ongoing, never-ending process of trial-and-error. In general, we’re for letting that process play out. Of course, it’ll be messy; it always has been. There will be real problems to confront; there always have been. But there are no tidy, top-down “solutions,” only adaptation, evolution, and policy frameworks that are better and worse at encouraging both. Crafting those frameworks is what we do. TechFreedom tries to write simple rules for a complex world—rules that focus on clear harms; rules can change and evolve over time; rules that leave people free to tinker, innovate and experiment; rules that unleash ingenuity rather than trying to direct it. In short, we teach policymakers how to be friends, not enemies, of the future.
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http://techfreedom.org
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- Think Tanks
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- 2-10 employees
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- Washington, DC
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2010
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- privacy, free speech, intermediary deputization, cybersecurity, tech policy, technology, artificial intelligence, section 230, and antitrust
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Washington, DC 20002, US
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Updates
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Save the date! Join us on August 29 at 1 PM ET for "Tech in the Courts," a new virtual series from @techfreedom.org & the Washington Legal Foundation. Panelists Roger Nober, Ben Sperry, Blake Reid, and Berin Szóka will dive into the legal limits on common carriage.
Unveiling ‘Tech in the Courts’: A Webinar Series on Litigating the Digital Revolution
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"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://lnkd.in/dyGUrxTJ
With Chevron Deference Gone, the FCC’s Ability to Regulate Outer Space Is in Peril
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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://lnkd.in/gqmh9c75
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In TechFreedom Weekly, we play musical MythBusters and unveil the truth behind AI regulation. Plus the Robinson-Patman Act, NASA and noninterference, and more…
Musical MythBusters: Unveiling the Truth Behind AI Regulation
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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:
NASA Lacks Authority to Independently Develop Non-Interference Standards for Lunar Operations
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In TechFreedom Weekly, we looked at an FCC rule that Congress already said no to--plus a new podcast, content moderation, and more:
FCC Data Breach Rule Violates Congressional Mandate
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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://lnkd.in/gF6WnxqK
FCC Defies Congress with Data Breach Rule, TechFreedom Tells Sixth Circuit
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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:
It’s Always Sunny for Section 230
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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:
Proposal to Sunset Section 230 Threatens a Free and Open Internet
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