Under Government Pressure, Twitter Suppressed Truthful Speech About COVID-19

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can view it in a browser here. The latest news and analysis from Reason.com Tuesday, January 3, 2023   Under Government Pressure, Twitter Suppressed Truthful Speech About COVID-19 The company's broad definition of "misleading information" and its deference to authority invited censorship by proxy. By Jacob Sullum Twitter Files Reveal Politicians, Officials Evading the Constitution's Restrictions People in power lean on private businesses to impose authoritarian policies forbidden to the government. By J.D. Tuccille Why Are Some Republicans Revolting Against Kevin McCarthy's Bid To Be Speaker of the House? The insurgent Republicans want to balance the budget, impose new barriers to immigration, and increase transparency for future earmark spending. By Eric Boehm 60 Minutes Promotes Paul Ehrlich's Failed Doomsaying One More Time The Population Bomber has never been right, but is never in doubt that the world is coming to its end. By Ronald Bailey Amber McLaughlin's Jury Deadlocked—So the Judge Decided She Should Be Executed Today's scheduled execution is getting attention because she's trans. But the bigger story here is how she was sentenced to die. By Scott Shackford Oregon Supreme Court Orders New Trials for Hundreds Convicted by Split Juries Oregon was one of only two states that allowed for non-unanimous guilty verdicts until the Supreme Court outlawed them in 2020. By C.J. Ciaramella Pundits Predicted a Backlash Against Criminal Justice Reform in the Midterms. What Happened? While rising crime created headwinds for candidates who supported criminal justice reform, the apocalyptic storm never quite arrived. By C.J. Ciaramella Good Luck Qualifying for New Tax Credits on Electric Cars The Inflation Reduction Act extended tax credits for buying electric vehicles, but the requirements will put them out of reach for most customers. By Joe Lancaster Canada Welcomes the New Year by Banning Foreign Home Ownership Taxes and bans on foreign home ownership haven't arrested home price increases where they've been tried. There's no reason to think Canada's policy will be more successful. By Christian Britschgi Chinese Protesters Use Their Bodies as Weapons Against the State Standing with blank pages in hand, the protesters' goal is to make manifest the implied violence that authoritarian states use to keep order. By Katherine Mangu-Ward Now Anybody Can Write a Sherlock Holmes Story Nearly a century after author Arthur Conan Doyle's death, the character is finally free. By Joe Lancaster Image credit: Adrien Fillon/Zuma Press/Newscom Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe