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The GRANITE Act: Reasserting America’s Border and Congress’ Primacy Online, No More, No Less
Today John Rosenthal, writing in American Mind, wrote what is, as far as I can tell, the first piece opposing the federal GRANITE Act. His…
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GRANITE Act Endorsement/Favorable Mention Tracker
Tracking all the organizations that have formally endorsed or expressed support for the federal GRANITE Act in this one handy page. ITIF: The GRANITE Act…
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Online Safety Act a Failure, According to Ofcom
After Ofcom went to Parliament to demand new powers 48 hours ago, today we learn it is now declaring the Online Safety Act, effectively, a…
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Ofcom Concedes Defeat in the 4chan Case
Insofar as a political organization like Ofcom is even capable of admitting defeat, it did so in the 4chan enforcement today. In testimony before the…
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“My objective in fighting foreign censorship is to get Congress to pass a shield law that would allow a first-year associate to kick the shit out of a foreign sovereign censor in federal court.”
I was on my friend Parviz Malakouti’s podcast, on X Spaces, today talking about UK Ofcom, Australian gag orders, and the GRANITE Act.
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Massie Cosponsors the GRANITE Act
Rep. Thomas Massie, a principled civil libertarian who frequently breaks with his party on civil liberties issues, and sits on the House Judiciary Committee, has…
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Why Democrats Should Back the GRANITE Act, in Two Tweets
The GRANITE Act, H.R. 10174, is a foreign censorship shield bill. It has a companion in the Senate, s. 5478. The GRANITE Act is designed…
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The GRANITE Act features in The Hill
Foreign governments, including Azerbaijan and China, are escalating their lawfare against American speech. If only someone had thought about a shield bill that would address…
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“Extinction-level event for the open Internet”
That’s how an English friend of mine described the latest proposals from the UK’s Law Commission to fold FOSS code into the UK’s product liability…
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On Endgame with Amanda Cassatt Talking About the 4chan Case and Foreign Censorship
Fun podcast talking about the foreign censorship problem. Watch the whole thing.
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Testimony in support of the Wyoming GRANITE Act Foreign Censorship Shield Bill
UPDATE, 29 September 2026 – I did get the opportunity to provide comment to the Committee, and am pleased to report that the Wyoming GRANITE…