Mike Masnick
founder and editor of Techdirt.com
Mike Masnick is the founder and editor of Techdirt.com and the CEO of the Copia Institute.
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Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country — because it doesn’t like their speech.
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The next FCC chair’s letter to Disney is a real free speech concern
The so-called “Twitter Files” free speech warriors are curiously silent about FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s jawboning letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger.
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Trump’s NIH pick wants you to believe he’s a victim of government censorship
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened.
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The blurred line between X and the Trump administration
Forget the ridiculous “Twitter Files.” This is what it actually looks like when a social media company works in concert with the government.