Luncheon Speakers
A lively debate on the future of children’s TV regulations pits former FCC official Gigi Sohn (right) against former FCC commissioner Robert McDowell (left) at a Communications Forum luncheon at the Willard Hotel in Washington …
First Amendment Trends
A collection of timely articles and essays on current developments by members of The Media Institute’s First Amendment Advisory Council.
The First Amendment: Rock Star of the American Constitution
Foreword by Floyd Abrams
The Internet’s Enduring Free Speech Legacy
April 18, 2019 | By Guest Authors: Stuart N. Brotman and Shiela Hawkins
Old Tools in Different Hands: Speech Regulation on Campus
September 27, 2018 | By Greg Lukianoff and Adam Goldstein
Wearing Political Messages Inside a Polling Place
May 1, 2018 | By Rodney Smolla
The Epistemic and Moral Dimensions of Fake News and the First Amendment
March 28, 2018 | By Ashley Messenger
Media & Communications Policy Blog
Informed and thoughtful commentary on a variety of First Amendment and communications policy issues.
Don’t Let Huawei Control 5G
By Guest Author Adonis Hoffman, Esq.
President Trump has taken a firm stand against Huawei, the Chinese telecom behemoth – and for good reason. …
Broadcasting Today: Energized by Innovation
By Guest Author Gordon Smith
There is a saying that goes, “Everybody has a story to tell.” My own NAB Show story began a decade ago – almost to this day …
Campaign To Break Big Tech Is Regulatory Overkill
By Guest Author Adonis Hoffman, Esq.
When Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) first went on the warpath against big banks, she captured the …
Issue Watch
The U.S. government is in the late stages of an investigation into YouTube for its handling of children’s videos, according …
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has signaled the FCC will vote at its July 10 meeting on an item revamping its KidVid rules, …
High school sports and political candidate forums are among the programs the National Association of Broadcasters …
Recent Court Briefs
The Institute participated with the News Media Alliance, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and other amici in two friend-of-the-court briefs:
United States v. Schulte
Common Law Presumption of Access Applies to Search Warrants
The Washington Post v. David J. McManus Jr.
Maryland’s Online Electioneering Act Violates First Amendment
https://t.co/DYxED66gWF
Happy birthday, @FCC! 85 years ago today, FDR signed the Communications Act, creating our agency. Honored to mark the moment with Commissioners past and present and, above all, the agency’s wonderful staff. And fun to see devices through the ages, like a functional 1928 AM radio!
4Maryland’s Online Electioneering Act Violates First Amendment https://t.co/Ai2RfyPtEi
October 21-27, 2019
Free Speech Week is a yearly,
non-partisan celebration of the value of
free speech and expression.
