TechFreedom is pleased to announce that Asheesh Agarwal has joined its ranks as Deputy General Counsel and Competition Counsel. In his role, Asheesh will help shape the organization’s vision for how antitrust and consumer protection laws should apply to the …
SCOTUS Should Overturn Ninth Circuit’s Decision Limiting Section 230 Protections
WASHINGTON D.C. Today, TechFreedom asked the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Enigma Software v. Malwarebytes, which opens the door to unprecedented litigation against both developers and users of technologies that filter content online — including schools …
Trump Order Would Violate the First Amendment in the Name of Free Speech
WASHINGTON D.C. Today, the White House released a long-rumored Executive Order entitled “Preventing Online Censorship.” The Order blasts social media services for alleged political bias against conservatives; calls on the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules gutting Section 230 immunity, …
Commenters Have Not Explained Why RIFO Affected Public Safety, Lifeline or Pole Attachments
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, TechFreedom filed reply comments with the FCC regarding the Mozilla court’s narrow remand of discrete issues in the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO), in the latest round of the net neutrality debate. As in the comments …
Artemis Accords: One Small Step for NASA, Not So Giant a Leap for Space Law
WASHINGTON D.C. — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine today unveiled the “Artemis Accords” — a set of principles designed to allow the U.S. collaborate with other national space programs and private companies worldwide in the next great push to the Moon …
Axon: Can Defendants Raise Constitutional Defenses in Court Before the FTC Forces them to Settle?
WASHINGTON, DC — TechFreedom has joined an amicus brief chiefly authored by the New Civil Liberties Alliance in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The two non-profit, non-partisan groups support Axon’s challenge to a district court decision holding …
Why the 2018 RIFO Did Not Affect Public Safety, Lifeline or Pole Attachments
WASHINGTON D.C. — Yesterday, TechFreedom filed comments with the FCC following the Mozilla court’s narrow remand of discrete issues in the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO), in the latest round of the net neutrality debate. TechFreedom General Counsel Jim Dunstan …
Internet Policy Counsel
TechFreedom, the premier market-oriented technology policy think tank, seeks an experienced Internet lawyer to study, document and combat a populist frenzy sweeping across the political spectrum, channeling broad outrage about the tech sector, and demanding fundamental changes to the legal …
Competition Counsel
Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA; or Virtual Office TechFreedom, the premier market-oriented technology policy think tank, seeks an experienced antitrust lawyer to study, document and combat a populist frenzy sweeping across the political spectrum, channeling broad outrage about the tech …
EARN IT Act Could Hurt Kids and Undermine Privacy of All Americans
WASHINGTON D.C. Today, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced legislation that would force operators websites, messaging services and other tools for sharing images and videos to do more to combat the spread of child sexual abuse material …
New Vertical Merger Guidelines May Hurt Startups & Facilitate Political Weaponization of Antitrust
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, TechFreedom filed comments on the draft Vertical Merger Guidelines proposed by the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission. This document would replace the 1984 Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines, and explain how the antitrust …
Bill Barr Declares War on Online Privacy
WASHINGTON D.C. Today, Attorney General Bill Barr renewed calls he made in a speech last July to require online communications services to build a backdoor for law enforcement to access their services. But this time, in a speech before an …
