Joel Thayer
@joellthayer.bsky.social
A reporter described me as “a Washington-based, republican lawyer” and I think that’s fair.
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“But why is Google using privacy as a defense now? So that it can continue to treat the general search market as its private fiefdom,” argues @joellthayer.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/google-makes...
Google Makes a Face Turn On User Privacy | Opinion
The Justice Department is currently suing Google over the tech giant's monopolization of the internet search market.
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May 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“But why is Google using privacy as a defense now? So that it can continue to treat the general search market as its private fiefdom,” argues @joellthayer.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/google-makes...
My latest in the Wall Street Journal. Apple and Google app stores can use information they already have to shield children from harmful content. www.wsj.com/articles/enl...
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June 3, 2024 at 10:37 PM
My latest in the Wall Street Journal. Apple and Google app stores can use information they already have to shield children from harmful content. www.wsj.com/articles/enl...
A bipartisan Congress is stepping up to make #BigTech products safe for kids w/ KOSA; but tech is funneling its lobbying dollars to kill the bill. Clare Morell at EPPC, Mike Toscano Institute for Family Studies, & I explain in this piece for The Hill
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Congress needs to protect kids, not Big Tech
Social media is a threat to our children. A bipartisan Congress is now stepping up to make Big Tech products safe for our children; but the social media companies are putting their incredible …
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November 26, 2023 at 5:32 PM
A bipartisan Congress is stepping up to make #BigTech products safe for kids w/ KOSA; but tech is funneling its lobbying dollars to kill the bill. Clare Morell at EPPC, Mike Toscano Institute for Family Studies, & I explain in this piece for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/cong...
thehill.com/opinion/cong...
As my latest in Newsweek explains, the FCC can't strip ISPs of their immunity under #Section230 in the name of #netneutrality w/o an act of congress. At least not since the Supreme Court formalized the "major questions doctrine" in WV v. EPA.
www.newsweek.com/net-neutrali...
www.newsweek.com/net-neutrali...
Net Neutrality Has a Section 230 Problem
FCC rules meant to stop an internet service provider from restricting access to certain websites cannot do so under Section 230.
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November 25, 2023 at 10:04 PM
As my latest in Newsweek explains, the FCC can't strip ISPs of their immunity under #Section230 in the name of #netneutrality w/o an act of congress. At least not since the Supreme Court formalized the "major questions doctrine" in WV v. EPA.
www.newsweek.com/net-neutrali...
www.newsweek.com/net-neutrali...