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The United Kingdom, which has been cracking down on speech for years, dealt free speech another blow on Thursday when…

President Donald Trump’s tariffs have been ruled illegal—again. A three-judge panel at the U.S Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled…

[This post is excerpted from the new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America (Avid Reader Press/Simon…

from the dodgy-global-autocratic-disinformation-alliance dept Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic Commissioner (because Republicans refuse to seat the second one) is…

Senate Republicans have unveiled their plan to fund immigration enforcement and President Donald Trump’s ballroom, and the proposal might take…

Back in 2013 I argued that under the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence algorithmic editing is speech for First Amendment purposes, and…

Project Freedom was over before it started. On Sunday night, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military initiative to guide…

It goes without saying that any tool or power government acquires for addressing some crisis of the moment will eventually—often,…

I WANT FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS! Help Reason push back with more of the fact-based reporting we do best.…

from the creatives-using-tools-as-tools dept While we’ve taken some issues with his approach to copyright laws and enforcement in the past,…

Iran claims truce has been violated: The U.S. military reported yesterday that it had destroyed six Iranian small boats (in…

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s issue includes stories on: The major overhaul of California’s…