Technology and Privacy

Presidential candidate Nikki Haley recently suggested that anonymity on the internet should be compromised on behalf of national security. Edward Longe of the James Madison Institute argues that it would trash an important element of free speech.

While TikTok is nearly as controversial as it is popular, everyone from non‐​TikTok users to full‐​time TikTok influencers should applaud this decision as it relates to the freedom of speech online.

The reality is that the FBI and NSA simply hate having to abide by the Fourth Amendment’s individualized, particularized probable cause‐​based warrant requirement.

When it comes to surveillance reform, House and Senate members need to stop focusing on tinkering with one authority, no matter how important, and embrace an approach that brings all dubious or blatantly unconstitutional surveillance programs under scrutiny…and end those found to be at odds with the Bill of Rights.