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LastRedCoat162 karma

It seems like a lot of people are conflating the debate over 'net neutrality' with content moderation on social media platforms. What do you make of this?

Edit: Including in this thread it seems 🙄

LastRedCoat116 karma

Of course he'll be running in 2016 guys, for his reelection!

LastRedCoat109 karma

Must be cool having fans so knowledgeable about your work that they can just rattle off detailed explanations like this.

LastRedCoat77 karma

What are some of the best resources or events to point to when the "light-touch regulation" folks argue: "Well, the internet was fine before 2015"?

LastRedCoat25 karma

Professor Lessig, the holding in McCutcheon which overturned aggregate limits on campaign finance seemed to turn on the question of what type of political corruption our legislature has a legitimate interest in regulating. When you submitted an 'originalist tumblr' amicus brief to the court detailing usage of the term 'corruption' in the founding era, you seemed to receive a lot of negative feedback. As a left-leaning individual I tend to think that repurposing originalism for progressive causes could be a powerful tool for social change, why do you think that so many people criticized your position?