"the crusade against 'malinformation' explicitly targets inconvenient truths"

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If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can view it in a browser here. The latest news and analysis from Reason.com Wednesday, March 22, 2023   The Crusade Against 'Malinformation' Explicitly Targets Inconvenient Truths The legal challenge to censorship by proxy highlights covert government manipulation of online speech. By Jacob Sullum This Just In: Conspiracy Theorists Not Quite as Kooky as Previously Reported Greetings from the second International Conspiracy Theory Symposium, where one of the most cited findings in the field has been debunked. By Jesse Walker Is the 'Climate Time-Bomb' Really Ticking Toward Imminent Catastrophe? Climate change is a problem, but the IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report is wrong to suggest that humanity is on the brink of catastrophic warming. By Ronald Bailey Kids Are Stealing Hyundais and Kias. Government Officials Blame Hyundai and Kia—and TikTok. Federal, state, and local officials will always threaten to weaponize the state against private actors they don't like. The "Kia Challenge" provides the latest example. By Joe Lancaster The DOJ Says Forbidding Pot Users To Own Guns Is Like Telling People Not To Carry Guns When They're Drunk Defending a categorical ban on gun possession by cannabis consumers, the Biden administration cites inapt "historical analogues." By Jacob Sullum Teachers Union Closes L.A. Schools Yet Again Public sector unions squeeze final gains out of a district that's been bleeding students yet constructing expensive new buildings for two decades. By Matt Welch 20 Years After Iraq, U.S. Leaders Still Don't Fully Consider International Risks Are we stumbling into disaster? Again? By J.D. Tuccille He Ended New York City's Insane Ban on Pinball Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg talk Remy, libertarian parodies, and their new indie film, Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game. By Nick Gillespie and Justin Zuckerman Filmmaker Tiller Russell Humanizes What Happened at Waco A new Netflix documentary shows how the seeds of political polarization that roil our culture today were planted at Waco. By Natalie Dowzicky and Regan Taylor Sex-Trafficking Suits Against Banks That Serviced Jeffrey Epstein Can Proceed A federal court says that sex-trafficking lawsuits against JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank can go forward. By Elizabeth Nolan Brown FDA Says Lab-Grown Chicken Is Safe To Eat "The future of our planet depends on how we feed ourselves…and we have a responsibility to look beyond the horizon for smarter, sustainable ways to eat," says GOOD Meat's CEO. By Emma Camp Image credit: Ron Sachs/CNP/SplashNews/Newscom Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe