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Taking its inspiration from James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, the Cato Institute’s Center for Representative Government is dedicated to promoting limited, representative government. Today, government offers many new threats to individual freedom and the virtues needed for its preservation. Unfortunately, career politicians, an ever‐expanding government and massive regulatory constraints dominate American political life. The Center and its scholars are working through books, conferences, forums, op‐eds, speeches, congressional testimony, and TV and radio appearances to bring the ideals of individual liberty, civil society, limited government and citizen legislators back to the forefront of American political life.

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A Good Bad Idea from TikTok

By John Samples.

TikTok has proposed that the leading social media companies create a common hashbank of violent and graphic images. The proposal may be benefit users who wish to avoid seeing disturbing images. However, the hashbank may facilitate the accidental or intentional suppression of images that are both graphic and socially valuable.

Emily Ekins’ survey, “Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share,” is cited on FBN’s Making Money with Charles Payne

Featuring Emily Ekins. September 25, 2020.

Emily Ekins participates in the webinar, “The Atlas Society Asks Emily Ekins,” hosted by the Atlas Society

Featuring Emily Ekins. September 24, 2020.

Emily Ekins’ survey, “Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share,” is cited on The Sean Hannity Show

Featuring Emily Ekins. September 14, 2020.

Emily Ekins’ survey, “Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share,” is cited on The Sean Hannity Show

Featuring Emily Ekins. September 9, 2020.

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Independence in Content Moderation

By John Samples.

Successful social media content moderation needs to be seen as legitimate by users. Among other things, the moderator should be seen as independent. This essay examines what independence in social media moderation should mean.

Cato University: College of History and Philosophy

History is indispensable to understanding and defending liberty under our constitutionally limited, representative government. And at the core of that history are the philosophical beliefs and values on which the American republic was founded. Cato University’s College of History and Philosophy, August 2–4 in San Diego, brings these two powerful subjects together to explore the foundations of liberty and justice, of wealth and poverty, of individual rights and the rule of law.

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Cato Pocket Constitution

To encourage people everywhere to better understand and appreciate the principles of government that are set forth in America’s founding documents, the Cato Institute published this pocket‐size edition.

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Home Study Resources

The Cato Institute offers a wealth of online educational audio and video resources, from self‐paced guides on the ideas of liberty and the principles of economics, to exclusive, archived lectures by thinkers such as Milton Friedman and F. A. Hayek. Browse through some highlights of our collections, for personal study or for use in the classroom.

The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty

May 17, 2018 • Cipriani 42nd Street • New York, NY

The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, named in honor of perhaps the greatest champion of liberty in the 20th century, is presented every other year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom. The 2018 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty Biennial Dinner will be held on May 17, 2018 at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York.