Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Nate Persily at Stanford Cyber Policy Center About My New Book, “Cheap Speech”
Great conversation with Nate, which you can watch here:
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My New One in Slate Tied to Release of “Cheap Speech:” “How Supreme Court Radicalism Could Threaten Democracy Itself”
In connection with today’s release of my Cheap Speech book, and following up on my NY Times opinion piece yesterday. I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
In the last six years, confidence in our fragile… Continue reading
My New One in the NY Times: “How to Keep the Rising Tide of Fake News From Drowning Our Democracy”
I have written this guest essay for the NY Times, tied to the release of my Cheap Speech book tomorrow. It begins:
The same information revolution that brought us Netflix, podcasts and the knowledge of the world in our smartphone-gripping… Continue reading
My Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick on Slate’s Amicus Podcast: “Why ‘Cheap Speech’ Threatens Democracy”
You can listen here to this great conversation at Slate (with an extended interview for Slate Plus subscribers) (there’s also a transcript there):Election denialism and disinformation threaten the integrity of U.S. elections, but what can we do about this growing… Continue reading
“The Emptiness Inside Donald Trump’s New Social Media Platform”
Ruby Cramer for Politico:
Inside Truth Social, everything once blue was now a bright, jewel-toned purple. Tweets, a.k.a. posts, were now “Truths.” Retweets were now “ReTruths,” capital T. And above my username, I saw the site’s default avatar: Twitter’s… Continue reading
Cheap Speech Book-Related Virtual Appearances Next Week with Nate Persily, Jeffrey Rosen, and Trevor Potter
My Cheap Speech book is out Tuesday. Here are my appearances next week in book-related events (all virtual and free with registration):
March 8, 12 pm PT, Stanford Law School, Stanford CA (in conversation with Nate Persily)
March 10,… Continue reading
I Was on the “No Jargon” Podcast, Talking About My Upcoming Book, Cheap Speech
You can listen here.
Cheap Speech is out Mar 8 (though Kindle users can get it now for a 50 percent discount).
“Trump’s Truth Social’s disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability”
WaPo:
Former president Donald Trump, a longtime critic of how Democrats debuted Healthcare.gov, is facing a bungled website launch of his own.His long-promised social network, Truth Social, has been almost entirely inaccessible in the first days of its … Continue reading
“How an obscure far-right website with 3 employees dominates Facebook in 2022”
Popular Information:
Most people have probably never heard of the website Conservative Brief. It employs just three writers and it does not produce any original reporting. Nearly all of its articles are aggregations of Tweets, YouTube videos, or other… Continue reading
“Trump’s Truth Social Launches on Apple’s App Store, With Glitches”
WSJ:
Donald Trump’s social-networking platform, Truth Social, has gone live in the U.S., but some would-be users reported being unable to create an account or received error messages when trying to do so. Others were prompted to… Continue reading
“Bill that would make it a crime for some to lie about election results dies in WA Senate”
The Seattle Times reports.
“They used to just run elections. Now they fight foreign agents.”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
Voting for the 2022 midterms is already underway, and the nation’s top election officials are caught fighting a two-front war: Battling disinformation stemming from the last election, while simultaneously preparing for the next one.The officials… Continue reading
My New Book Coming March 8: “Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics–and How to Cure It” (Book Tour Info) CheapSpeechBook.com
I’m thrilled to announce that my book, Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics–and How to Cure It, will be published one month from today, on March 8, by Yale University Press. They say preorders help a lot to… Continue reading
“I Worked at Facebook. It’s Not Ready for This Year’s Election Wave.”
Katie Harbath NYT oped:
The world is not ready for the coming electoral tsunami. Neither is Facebook. With so many elections on the horizon — France, Kenya, Australia, Brazil, the Philippines and the United States will hold elections this… Continue reading