Mike Masnick is the Founder & Editor at Techdirt. He explores the intersection of technology, innovation, policy, law, civil liberties, and economics, with a keen focus on topics such as elections, government, public policy, and privacy laws. Mike's insights and expertise have been featured in notable outlets including The Daily Beast, Yahoo News UK, and MSNBC.
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Mike's coverage focuses on legal policy and regulation, often dissecting government announcements and citing data. He frequently covers content & publishing, big tech, government & politics in the context of social media, lawsuits involving tech companies, internet regulations, and free speech.
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By: Mike Masnick
(Mis)Uses of Technology from the locking-up-the-public-square dept Tue, Sep 1st 2026 11:06am - Mike Masnick
Even as Donald Trump regularly uses mail-in ballots himself, he has decided that mail-in ballots are a system by which voting fraud occurs. To be quite clear, this is bullshit. There is astoundingl…
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we̵…
Legal Issues from the social-media-chasing-lawyers dept Fri, Sep 4th 2026 11:14am - Mike Masnick
Ctrl-Alt-Speech from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Fri, Sep 4th 2026 01:28pm - Mike Masnick
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Copyright from the worst-doj-you-know-just-made-a-great-point dept Tue, Sep 8th 2026 11:06am - Mike Masnick
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Legal Issues from the the-first-amendment-has-a-statute-of-limitations-now? dept Wed, Sep 9th 2026 11:12am - Mike Masnick
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Free Speech from the are-they-going-to-slapp-this? dept Thu, Sep 10th 2026 01:11pm - Mike Masnick
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Say That Again from the fear-sucks dept Fri, Sep 11th 2026 09:23am - Mike Masnick
Ctrl-Alt-Speech from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Fri, Sep 11th 2026 01:05pm - Mike Masnick
