@christopherterry
University of Minnesota/HSJMC Associate Professor of Media Law. I teach folks about the 1st Amendment, @FCC, @FEC& @FTC policy for a living. Otherwise talking Brewer Baseball and Fishing. And yes, the hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.
Hearing Iran is laying mines in the Gulf triggered something in the back of my memory hole about naval mines being a big deal when I was younger.
Found this while on a surfing dive into this topic, and it turns out I wasn't even in high school when this was a thing.
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
I did this interview with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social about Section 230's applicability to "algorithms"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNii...
House Atreides always ends up as the villain in the end.
Our leaders are manifestly stupid people.
I am old enough to remember when foreign ownership interest was enough to kill a media ownership deal and when the FCC spent years trying to implement rules for disclosure of foreign programming content.
Social Media Plaintiff Not Diagnosed With Addiction, Jury Told www.law360.com/telecom/arti...
Industry Aims To Win Over Policymakers In Copper Phaseout
www.law360.com/technology/a...
FCC Set to Hear Challenge To Nat'l Security Listing For Drones www.law360.com/telecom/arti...
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I like this idea.
I think people have really underestimated how much internet content regulation is possible.
KOSA and the other 12 bills in Congress would have been absolutely unconstitutional a year ago under the Reno precedent, but after Thomas's flip-flop on AV in FSC last summer, there's room to regulate now.
tweet from Mark Meador @MeadorFTC on Mar 5 People who argue that age verification requires collecting and retaining massive troves of personal data are not operating in good faith. They're just paid by people who want to prey on your kids.
Trump's FTC Chair posts that people opposing age-verification surveillance are just shills being "being paid by people who want to prey on your kids."
The lengths this administration goes to delegitimize dissent is staggering.
Bills that would give parents a legal right to veto their teens' use of apps and platforms violate the First Amendment and would harm the most vulnerable teens. My latest: www.techdirt.com/2026/03/09/c...
When a train crashed in Minot, N.D., and a noxious cloud of ammonia gas spread across town, there was no one at the radio stations to sound the alarm and inform residents. "This is just a glaring example of a media system that has no allegiance to local communities,” said @victorpickard.bsky.social.
#BREAKING: Communication Workers of America to bring five proposals to Nexstar shareholders at annual meeting aimed at reigning in the executive power of founder-CEO Perry Sook.
In Milwaukee for the first part of spring break.
Both of the gas stations by my house just went above $3 a gallon today.
I paid 2.23 on Feb 22nd at one of them.
Nintendo lawyers?!?
I guess there will be tariff refunds after all.
Will these stories include any discussions of how Nexstar is using economy of scale to reduce local air-staff while nationalizing its news production?
There's video of car trailers full of these vehicles being delivered to the Whipple facility in the Twin Cities.
DOJ Deal With Live Nation Throws Antitrust Trial Into Disarray www.law360.com/media/articl...
2026 Tom Emmer has been pretty hard to choke down.
Disney To Pay $50M To End YouTube, DirecTV Stream Claims www.law360.com/mergersacqui...
FCC Wants To Make It Easier To Kick People Out Of USF www.law360.com/telecom/arti...
Meta Witness Says Spotty Audits Show Commitment To Safety www.law360.com/california/a...
Fun phrase to teach the young'ins:
Bank Run.
I have been saying this for over a year.
The distance between now and normal can be measured in "find your spine just long enough to uphold your sworn oath units," and we're not even talking about that many of those.
Reporters, if you are looking for info on advertisers who are currently running Facebook & Instagram ads re: Iran in the US, use the "Ad Search" feature on our @polidashboard.org app. app.polidashboard.org/meta_ads?cou...
CNBC: Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled cnb.cx/4liQbvs
This Video is also a very interesting case with lots of twists and turns. If you're doing property law, this one is worth the time:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZKk...
