IPI Policy Basics: Why Attempting to Regulate Speech on Social Media Platforms Is a Bad Idea (Audio: Podcast)
The Facebook Oversight Board released its decision supporting the suspension of Donald Trump’s Facebook account but chiding Facebook for inconsistency and demanding that Facebook come up with clear, equally enforceable rules. This seems like a good time to summarize all the reasons why conservatives should not be attempting to use government power to regulate speech on social media platforms. With helpful contributions from Addie Crimmins, IPI’s Director of Development and Events.
Are Social Media Platforms Ripe for Government Oversight? (Audio: Interview)
Tom Giovanetti and Mark Davis (660AM the Answer) discuss the philosophical complications over "Big Tech Censorship" and who truly are "common carriers."
Will President Biden's Gun Control Executive Orders Solve Any Problems? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews welcomes Dr. H. Sterling Burnett in a discussion of each of President Biden's five points of his gun control executive order and finds they miss the mark.
IPI Policy Basics: What Is Moral Hazard? (Audio: Podcast)
In this episode, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the concept of moral hazard in public policy, and why every new proposal should be examined for whether it contains any moral hazard. And once you understand moral hazard, you start to see it in almost everything government touches.
IPI Policy Basics: Our Rights Are Not Absolute (Audio: Podcast)
All of our rights are important and worth defending, but none of our rights are absolute. And assuming a right is an absolute right leads to bad policy thinking, as explained by IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
End of the Year Review (Audio: Interview)
In this last interview of the year, IPI President Tom Giovanetti talks with 660AM The Answer's Mark Davis about the extension of authoritarian government and the further examination of the 2020 election.
A Textualist Supreme Court...Finally (Audio: Interview)
"For the first time since the late 1800’s the Supreme Court is stocked with judges that take the proper view toward constitutional interpretation,” says IPI President Tom Giovanetti in an interview with 660AM’s Mark Davis.
Governor Abbott Defaults to County Judges (Audio: Interview)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti points out "the problem with local control is who is in control." With the majority of urban counties controled by judges wanting to extend the shut down, economic liberty will continue to be denied to a major segment of the business community.
Free Speech on Social Platforms: Understanding Section 230 (Audio: Interview)
In this radio interview on the syndicated talk show, Point of View, IPI President Tom Giovanetti unravels the confusion over monitoring speech on private social media platforms.
Rule of Law and Civil Disobedience During a Pandemic (Audio: Interview)
In a spirited conversation with 660AM Radio Host Mark Davis, IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains, even in a pandemic, the rule of law must be applied consistently--despite our personal sympathies.
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