About the Author

Stuart N. Brotman
Stuart N. Brotman is the author of “The First Amendment Lives On.” He is a distinguished professor of journalism and electronic media at the University of Tennessee. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
- Why ‘Cancel Culture’ Is a Symptom of a Larger Social Disease — Censorship
- George Carlin’s American Dream Celebrates the First Amendment
- Free Speech, Free Press, Play Ball!
- How the Perfection Pretext Is Undermining American Life
- Why Going Online for a Free COVID-19 Test Falls Short
- How To Train Students To Become Better Informed Citizens
- Is There Proof in the Pudding of Digital Privacy Protection?
- A Third Way Approach to Regulating Facial Recognition Systems
- How California’s Net Neutrality Law Can Inform Federal Digital Privacy Policymaking
- Greater Social Media Trust is Needed to Fight COVID-19
- A Better Way to Close the Digital Divide
- Let’s Focus on the Rule of Law, Not Politics, in Reporting on Federal Court Decisions
- Digital Privacy Protection Requires Holistic Approach
- The Challenge of Navigating Privacy’s ‘Perfect Storm’
- Limiting Personal Information in Our Post-Pandemic ‘New Normal’
- How Health Information Privacy Lives on During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Let’s Use Our Best Digital Messengers for Pandemic Public Health Information
- Digital Privacy Policy Needs Carrots to Encourage Innovation
- How Public Libraries Can Help Close America’s Digital Privacy Divide
- How Persistent Is Our Privacy Paradox?
- Making Sure the Next ‘Killer App’ Is Not a Privacy Killer
- Consumer Privacy Protection May Justify a Big Tech Antitrust Exemption
- Greater U.S. Leadership Is Needed for Global Internet Freedom
- The Internet Lives On
- The Continuing Leadership of the U.S. in Global Net Vitality
- Promoting First Amendment Values in Cyberspace
- The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Struck the Right Federal-State Balance of Power
- Copyright Piracy’s Continuing Strength
- Opinion: Broadband Internet’s Elephant in the Room
- “Regulatory Buffering” and the Speed of Innovation
- Broadband Policy Can’t Be Future-Proofed
- The “Necessity” of Broadband Service Doesn’t Justify Public Utility Regulation
Inside Exclusives
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Lawmakers Should Listen to Those Who Use Medicare Drug Program
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Media Platforms Must Combat Election Disinformation, Starting Now
Posted August 15, 2022 by Emma Steiner -
The Future of the Family Dinner Hour
Posted August 15, 2022 by Jill Ebstein -
Point: Who Are the Real Heroes?
Posted August 15, 2022 by Robert Pawlicki -
Counterpoint: Elisjsha Dicken Is a Hero
Posted August 15, 2022 by Cam Edwards -
The Stealth Threat of a New Constitutional Convention
Posted August 15, 2022 by David A. Super -
Marginal Tax Reform, the Key to Upward Mobility in a Recession
Posted August 14, 2022 by Cristina Enache -
Point: Innovative CHIPS and Science Act Will Improve the Lives of All Americans
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Counterpoint: CHIPS, a Path Toward Inefficiency, Waste and Political Dysfunction
Posted August 14, 2022 by Alfredo Carrillo Obregon -
The New Geopolitics of the Middle East
Posted August 14, 2022 by Amin Bagheri
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NH Dem Disses ‘Nurses With Two Years at Community College’ as Unfit
Posted February 03, 2021 by Christopher Maidment -
Outbox vs. USPS: How the Post Office Killed Digital Mail (Updated)
Posted April 28, 2014 by Derek Khanna -
Joe Biden’s Draft Record Looks a Lot Like Donald Trump’s. Do Democrats Care?
Posted June 09, 2019 by Michael Graham -
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids — Can History Repeat Itself?
Posted May 08, 2022 by Kim Murray -
Why It’s Good to Be 30 Years Old, Single, Childless, Renting, and Deep in Student Loan Debt
Posted September 24, 2014 by Shawn McCoy -
Silent Sound Kills
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The Political Pill for COVID
Posted August 18, 2021 by Pierre Kory, MD -
Why Freedom of Speech Matters
Posted February 12, 2015 by Britt Christensen, Ph.D. -
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Trial Lawyers Exploit Human Trafficking Law for Big Payday
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