**PredictIt Helps Forecast Election Results. Bureaucrats Are Trying To Kill It.** Election betting markets are often more reliable than pundits. Did the site steal user funds? No. Did they lie to people? No. Harm anyone? No.
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PredictIt helps forecast election results. Bureaucrats are trying to kill it.
Election betting markets often correctly predict results. Bureaucrats are using the government to shut it down.
**The Perils of Trying To Curtail Hazily Defined 'Disinformation'** A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disinformation.
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The perils of trying to curtail hazily defined 'disinformation'
A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disi...
**Court Blocks N.Y. Law Mandating Posting of "Hateful Conduct" Policies by Social Media Platforms (Including Us)** From Volokh v. James, decided today by Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. (S.D.N.Y.): "Speech that demeans on the basis of race, ethnicity, …
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Court Blocks N.Y. Law Mandating Posting of "Hateful Conduct" Policies by Social Media Platforms (Including Us)
From Volokh v. James, decided today by Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. (S.D.N.Y.): "Speech that demeans on the basis of…
**No First Amendment Protection for 12 Cypress Trees,** when plaintiff's "connection to his trees [was] rooted in a vague and indeterminate concept of spirituality, quantum physics, and cosmic mechanics."
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No First Amendment Protection for 12 Cypress Trees,
From Joseph v. City of San Jose, a case brought by self-described "astrobiologist" Rhawn Joseph, and decided yesterday by Magistrate…