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Corbin Barthold

Corbin K. Barthold is internet policy counsel at TechFreedom.

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HEARTBREAKING

God Help Us, but Brett Kavanaugh Could Save First Amendment

Kavanaugh staunchly defended the right to free expression during Supreme Court arguments over Texas and Florida’s laws denying social media companies their right to not host jerks.

Corbin Barthold

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WHOSE PANIC IS IT ANYWAY?

Republicans Can’t Decide If They Want Online Privacy or Not

They’re terrified of a social credit system like the one the Chinese Communist Party uses, but they want to force Americans to show ID to use the internet.

Corbin Barthold

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