Hello, it’s Jason here, your friendly editor-in-chief. I live far (far, far) from DC, in rural Hawaii, and I’ve got to say that life’s great here. Teleworking is the future, or so I believe—though being a morning person with lots of caffeine at hand doesn’t hurt either. But this is the first time I’ve sent out the newsletter, so do let me know what you’d like to see more or less about.
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Content Moderation. We’ve got a rambunctious new Tech Policy Podcast for you this week. The Chief Policy Officer of Parler, Amy Peikoff, joined the show for a debate, with Corbin and Ari, about “lawful but awful” speech, content moderation, Section 230, the state of Internet freedom, and more. Points of contention included the availability (or not) of “objective” free-speech standards on social media, the impact (or not) of government “jawboning” of platforms, and the importance (or not) of the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story. Listen to the episode here. Promote it on Twitter here.
Administrative Law. Still haven’t familiarized yourself with West Virginia v. EPA, the landmark administrative law ruling issued by the Supreme Court two weeks ago? We’ll help you catch up! The case is a crucial one for the “major questions” doctrine, and that’s a subject we’ve worked on for years. This week we republished Corbin’s essay on the decision on our Substack. You can find that here. The original version, over at the WLF Legal Pulse, is here.