364. Big Loss For Big Tech Censorship

Show Notes

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Cameron Sholty present episode 364 of the In The Tank Podcast. In a huge win for free speech, a Circuit Court struck down a challenge of a Texas law that seeks to prevent big tech censorship. Heartland Government Relations Director Cameron Sholty joins the show to talk about this victory. Also, Biden says the pandemic is over. We say "duh," but many others are angry.

 

OPENING CHIT CHAT

Axios - U.S. beer shortage looms with gap in carbon dioxide supply
https://www.axios.com/2022/09/19/beer-shortage-co2-supply-issues

 

PRIMARY TOPIC – BIG LOSS FOR BIG TECH CENSORSHIP

HDN - Federal Court Upholds Texas Law Prohibiting Social Media “Viewpoint Censorship”
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2022/09/social-media-censorship-federal-court-upholds-texas-law/

Reason - Fifth Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Texas Social Media Common Carrier Law
https://reason.com/volokh/2022/09/16/fifth-circuit-rejects-facial-challenge-to-texas-social-media-common-carrier-law/

LawFare Blog - The Fifth Circuit’s Social Media Decision: A Dangerous Example of First Amendment Absolutism
https://www.lawfareblog.com/fifth-circuits-social-media-decision-dangerous-example-first-amendment-absolutism

Vox - Two Republican judges just let Texas seize control of Twitter and Facebook
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/19/23361050/supreme-court-texas-twitter-facebook-youtube-social-media-fifth-circuit-netchoice-paxton

 

SECONDARY TOPIC – Biden Declares Pandemic Is Over

NYT - Biden Says the Pandemic Is Over. But at Least 400 People Are Dying Daily.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/us/politics/biden-covid-pandemic-over.html

FactCheck - Is the Pandemic ‘Over’? Biden Says So, But Scientists Say That’s Up for Debate
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/scicheck-is-the-pandemic-over-biden-says-so-but-scientists-say-thats-up-for-debate/

 

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Creators & Guests

Host

Chris Talgo

Chris Talgo is the Editorial Director at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland’s Socialism Research Center.

Host

Donald Kendal

Donald Kendal is a research fellow for The Heartland's Socialism Research Center, host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast and Stopping Socialism TV, and a talented graphic designer.

Host

Jim Lakely

Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.

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The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more.

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