Amid the flurry of new executive orders and memoranda signed by President Joe Biden on his first day in office, there’s a sleeper. It’s called Modernizing Regulatory Review, and it’s exceedingly important. Crucially, the memorandum affirms the long-standing process managed by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which includes a significant role for cost-benefit analysis. At the same ...

A federal district court has refused to order Amazon Web Services (AWS) to restore service to Parler, the right-wing Twitter alternative that the web hosting service took down on January 10, in the aftermath of the storming of the US Capitol. The decision highlights the very limited legal options available to social media platforms if the major web hosting services ...

Google’s threat to disable its search engine in Australia is a misguided attempt to protect $17 billion in annual revenue. It merely exposes the online advertising giant to far more severe repercussions. The Alphabet Inc unit’s warning was a response to legislative efforts to force it to pay Australian news organisations for their stories. But regulators and lawmakers around the ...