FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks shared his views on a wide range of issues including access to high-speed broadband (his top priority), the future of media diversity, media ownership …
The FCC’s launch of the $3.2-billion Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program Wednesday (May 12) proved popular inside the Beltway, particularly …
The majority of state attorneys general have called on Facebook to abandon plans to create a children’s (under 13) version of Instagram. That came in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark …
Facebook’s outside oversight board has upheld the suspension of former president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, but it has told the company that …
Informed and thoughtful commentary on a variety of First Amendment and communications policy issues.
A Third-Way Approach to Regulating Facial Recognition Systems
By Stuart N. Brotman
The use of facial recognition systems powered by algorithms and software continues to raise controversy given their potential use by law enforcement and …
Digital COVID Vaccine Passports Should Be Antitrust-Exempt
By Stuart N. Brotman
Our nation’s momentum toward accelerated COVID-19 vaccine distribution is fully apparent. President Joe Biden has publicly urged state …
How California’s Net Neutrality Law Can Inform Federal Digital Privacy Policymaking
By Stuart N. Brotman
One of the major unresolved issues in crafting comprehensive federal digital privacy legislation has carried over …
Media Institute President Richard T. Kaplar issued the following statement regarding a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission filed …
Media Institute President Richard T. Kaplar issued the following statement regarding the death of long-time Board member Kurt Wimmer: “We are extremely saddened by the passing …
Media Institute President Richard T. Kaplar issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on FCC media ownership regulation in …
The Institute participated with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other media groups recently in the following friend-of-the-court briefs.
ICYMI - on #WorldPressFreedomDay @rcfp released their latest report based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, reviewing over 600 press freedom violations - including 438 physical attacks on journalists - in 2020 alone. Find the full report here: https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Press-Freedom-Tracker-2020_FINAL.pdf
Hopefully will catch most of @EnergyCommerce hearing this morning. Intrigued if potential solutions to affordability focus on direct subsidies for consumers in need or harmful options like rate regulation/caps & limiting eligibility via inflated speeds. https://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-on-broadband-equity-addressing-disparities-in-access-and
Media Institute Celebrates 40th Anniversary
View this short video about the Institute – past, present, future.
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
The Media Institute honored two distinguished awardees at our virtual “Free Speech America” Gala on October 14, 2020: David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President of Comcast Corporation, and Mignon Clyburn, former FCC Commissioner and Acting Chairwoman. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr delivered keynote remarks.
