Big Tech’s court wins risk a big backlash against Section 230
2022 has been a good year for Big Tech in court. On May 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled that Florida’s social media law, which limits the ability of major platforms to ban political posts based on viewpoint, was, in all key respects, unconstitutional. Eight days later, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a similar Texas law from going into effect while litigation plays out in the 5th Circuit, an early indication that the law will have an uphill climb when it eventually reaches — as it almost certainly will — the Supreme Court for considera
Manafort says he's 'always had the right motives'
Paul Manafort, the onetime campaign chairman for former President Trump who spent nearly two years in prison on bank and fraud charges, said in a new interview he will not apologize for his past mistakes because he's "always had the right motives." During an exclusive interview with Business Insider, Manafort also insiste
Read MoreRussia likely trying to use 'deeply controversial, indiscriminate' mines in Ukraine: UK intelligence
Russia has likely tried to deploy “deeply controversial, indiscriminate” anti-personnel mines as Moscow ramps up its assaults on Ukraine, according to the U.K.'s defense ministry. The use of PFM-1 and PFM-1S mines in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and elsewhere may cause mass casualties, a Monday intelligence update from the ministry warns. The Soviet-era “butterfly mine” was “used to devastating effect in the Soviet-Afghan War where they allegedly maimed high numbers of children who
Read MoreMilley vowed to fight Trump from the inside: book excerpt
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, chose not to resign after growing increasingly disillusioned with then-President Trump in 2020, according to an upcoming book, instead vowing to "fight from the inside" against what he perceived as an erratic and dangerous commander in chief. The revelations were revealed in an excerpt of
Read MoreIs America’s historical amnesia curable?
No matter how deadly pandemics are, America’s case of historical amnesia may be a worse ailment. Based on history, it may not be curable, and, so far, it has been highly contagious and cross generational. One example makes this case. Fifty-eight years ago, with only two dissenting votes in the Senate, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolut
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