Potential Government Coercion Raises First Amendment Concerns SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that tech companies remove apps that document immigration enforcement activities in communities throughout the country.  Tech platforms took down several such apps (including ICE Block, Red Dot, and DeICER) and webpages (including ICE Sighting-Chicagoland) following communications with federal officials this year, raising important questions about government coercion to restrict protected First Amendment activity. “We’re filing […]

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As the Trump administration continues to take partial ownership of companies throughout the country, like U.S. Steel and Intel, Cato Scholars Clark Packard and Tad DeHaven have continued to write extensively on this trend: lead , Trump Industrial Policy Delivers Make-Work Jobs by Clark Packard and Tad DeHaven Steeled for Protectionism by Clark Packard To speak with our scholars about the Trump administration’s deal with U.S. Steel, you can contact pr@​cato.​org.

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Should you have to think twice before posting a protest flyer to your Instagram story? Or feel pressure to delete that bald JD Vance meme that you shared? Now imagine that you could get kicked out of the country—potentially losing your job or education—based on the Trump administration’s dislike of your views on social media.  That threat to free expression and dissent is happening now, but we won’t let it stand.  “…they’re not just targeting individuals—they’re targeting the very […]

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Clark Packard and Stan Veuger The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to soon come to a decision in Learning Resources v. Trump, the case that will determine whether the tariffs that the second Trump administration has imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) pass statutory and constitutional muster. If President Donald Trump’s signature economic policy is struck down, the consequences will be significant: The administration may have to refund the roughly $100 billion in taxes that […]

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Nano Banana Pro is our new image generation and editing model from Google DeepMind.

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Tweet Jason Willick writes insightfully about the U.S. military’s attack on boats that it alleges were used to smuggle drugs. A slice: In other words, the middle ground in this controversy is evaporating. Either you oppose the campaign of summary killings of civilians allegedly running drugs in the Caribbean, or you endorse all of it. To endorse the policy but oppose its execution in this one instance is a politically thin reed. (Trump himself initially occupied that middle […]

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Chelsea Follett The debut of the robot butler NEO has drawn widespread ridicule. Unable to perform many chores without a remote human operator, the machine has become a target of social media backlash. Videos circulating online show the robot struggling with basic tasks, such as closing a dishwasher. , But don’t underestimate the potential of robotic housekeepers just yet. The technology is dawning at an opportune time. Consider the growing concerns about plummeting birth rates. Last year saw […]

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After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the Council of the EU, representing EU States. The good news is that the most controversial part, the forced requirement to scan encrypted messages, is out. The bad news is there’s more to it than that. Chat Control has gone through several iterations since it was first introduced, with the EU […]

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Multiple former FCC Chairmen and Commissioners from both Democratic and Republican administrations recently released a petition requesting the FCC “repeal its news distortion rule in full.” lead , In light of overreach by the FCC, most notably FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s demands that ABC-Disney remove Jimmy Kimmel given his comments about Charlie Kirk, they cite the “constitutionally problematic” application of the policy that is “open to partisan weaponization.” Cato scholars David Inserra and Brent Skorup similarly wrote about the threats made […]

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