Category Archives: cheap speech

“As Midterms Loom, Elections Are No Longer Top Priority for Meta C.E.O.”

June 23, 2022, 10:53 amcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, made securing the 2020 U.S. election a top priority. He met regularly with an election team, which included more than 300 people from across his company, to prevent misinformation from spreading on the social… Continue reading

House Committee Administration Hearing Today: “A Growing Threat: How Disinformation Damages American Democracy”

June 22, 2022, 6:54 amcheap speechRick Hasen

This looks important.

“US is worried about Russia using new efforts to exploit divisions in 2022 midterms”

June 20, 2022, 1:16 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: Homeland and national security officials are worried about how Russia could significantly exploit US divisions over the November midterms, considering scenarios like Russia staging smaller hacks of local election authorities — done with the deliberate purpose of being… Continue reading

Walter Horn Reviews My “Cheap Speech” Book for 3:16

June 20, 2022, 7:09 amcheap speechRick Hasen

You can read the review here.

My Cheap Speech Book Included in NY Times Roundup of the Four Best Books to Read on Disinformation: “Misdirection, Fake News and Lies: The Best Books to Read on Disinformation”

June 9, 2022, 10:22 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Richard Stengel for the NY Times: The rise in disinformation aided by automatic bots, false personas and troll farms is leading some thinkers to conclude that the marketplace of ideas — the foundation of modern First Amendment law… Continue reading

“From Hanging Chads to The Precinct Strategy – How Elections & Democracy Hang In the Balance With Election Law Professor Richard Hasen of the University of California, Irvine”

June 8, 2022, 6:32 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

I had a great conversation on the “In House-Warrior” podcast with Richard Levick. Listen here.

I Spoke with Charlie Sykes for the Bulwark Podcast About My Cheap Speech Book, Musk’s Purchase of Twitter, Today’s Ga. Primary and the Coming Pa. Senate Recount

May 24, 2022, 11:59 amcheap speechRick Hasen

You can listen here.

“The Twitter account defending Australian democracy”

May 15, 2022, 4:53 amcheap speech, comparative election law, election administrationRichard Pildes

A must-read story from the Wa. Post on how Australia combats election disinformation: In a Canberra office covered in computer screens, the alerts began pouring in. “This needs a #FactCheck,” one person tweeted. “Is this not illegal?” another asked. Tagged… Continue reading

Watch My Interview with Hari Sreenivasan for PBS’s Amanpour and Company on Coming Supreme Court Decisions, Election Subversion, Voting Rights, and My Cheap Speech Book

May 11, 2022, 3:31 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

You can watch the full interview here:

Jeff Kosseff Review of Cheap Speech: “Confronting Misinformation in the Age of Cheap Speech”

May 10, 2022, 2:03 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

Jeff Kosseff reviews my book Cheap Speech at Lawfare: To say that Volokh’s article was prophetic would be an understatement. More than a quarter-century later, the cheap speech that Volokh predicted has upended commerce, art, politics, news and community. Many… Continue reading

“The One Group That Can Stop Elon Musk From Unbanning Trump on Twitter”

May 10, 2022, 2:00 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Elon Musk’s apparent decision to restore former President Donald Trump’s privileges to post on Twitter if his purchase of the company closes is a dangerous one for American democracy. And there’s… Continue reading