Christopher Terry

Christopher Terry

@christopherterry.bsky.social

University of Minnesota/HSJMC Associate Professor of Media Law. I teach folks about the 1st Amendment, @FCC, @FEC& @FTC policy for a living. Otherwise talking Brewer Baseball and Fishing. And yes, the hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.

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Christopher Terry
@christopherterry.bsky.social

2026 meets its version of Jews for Buchanan.

Adam Bonin@adambonin.bsky.social

The time to determine whether Dan J. Sullivan Jr. could appear on the Alaska ballot for U.S. Senate was months ago, and Alaska courts did so. What's additionally batshit about this is that the candidates' names are printed on the ballot in a way which makes abundantly clear who's who.

Christopher Terry
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I think they're probably within the margin of error.

TheDesk.net@thedesk.net

A spokesperson for @freedom.press said its own unscientific poll "shows that 98 percent of the words that come out of Brendan Carr's mouth are unconstitutional bullshit." The organization did not release any information about its survey methodology.

thedesk.netFCC's Carr engages in election interference with baseless threat about polls | TheDesk.netIt is not illegal for news outlets operated by licensed radio and TV stations to report on public polling data that they know or believe to be legitimate.
Christopher Terry
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Sounds the cornerstone of a solid economic strategy.

Reuters@reuters.com

Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026, WSJ reports reut.rs/4z2Zi9J

reut.rsAnthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026, WSJ reportsAI startup Anthropic recorded a net loss of more than $80 billion ​in the first half of this year, including $72 billion in ‌accounting charges, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a draft initial public offering prospectus.

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Marisa Kabas
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Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

theguardian.comMichigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-SayedTimmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed
Christopher Terry
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Say it ain't so Mike! Next you'll be telling me the Fairness Doctrine would have kept Fox News balanced and that it guaranteed equal time.

Mike Masnick@masnick.com

Kind of stunned how many people in my mentions still believe that the point of Section 230 is that if you edit, you lose its protections. That's literally the exact opposite of why the law was written and the exact opposite of what courts have said. But tons of people here believe it. Weird.

techdirt.comHello! You've Been Referred Here Because You're Wrong About Section 230 Of The Communications Decency ActHello! Someone has referred you to this post because you’ve said something quite wrong about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. I apologize if it feels a bit cold and rude to resp…
Christopher Terry
@christopherterry.bsky.social

I like this idea, it imagines a fantastic unicorns and rainbows kind of world where I can get students to read the syllabus, show up for class and or/do the readings.

Philip Gourevitch@pgourevitch.bsky.social

EDJ edit page continues its reality-defying streak decade after decade:

Christopher Terry
@christopherterry.bsky.social

Remember when Levis thought the Dead Kennedy's Holiday in Cambodia would be a great tune to sell jeans?

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social

Just saw a TV commercial from TIAA to the tune of Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun," a song about a guy who masturbates so much that it has made his girlfriend breakdown and cry. Sure, why not?

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TheDesk.net
@thedesk.net

The Supreme Court has blocked an appellate court's earlier order that would have forced the FCC to reconsider its March rule on political ad rates charged to radio and TV broadcasters, one that favors Republican campaigns and causes.

thedesk.netSupreme Court blocks order forcing FCC ruling on political ad rates | TheDesk.netThe Supreme Court said federal law requires the FCC to resolve administrative challenges but does not establish a specific deadline for doing so.
Christopher Terry
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Supreme Court Delivers What Appears to be the Final Word on LUC for Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committees Before the November Election – But Is a Constitutional Challenge to LUC the Next Battle?

broadcastlawblog.comSupreme Court Delivers What Appears to be the Final Word on LUC for Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committees Before the November Election – But Is a Constitutional Challenge to LUC the Next ...The question of whether ads from political parties and joint fundraising committees, when authorized by federal candidates, receive Lowest Unit Charge
Christopher Terry
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Pew looks at dedicated state deployment funding including $323 million in MN border to border grants blandinonbroadband.org/2026/10/15/p...

blandinonbroadband.orgPew looks at dedicated state deployment funding including $323 million in MN border to border grantsPew reports on funding, especially state funding, for broadband… Dedicated state deployment funding helps pick up where private-sector investment leaves off. When states establish eligibility…

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Techdirt
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Eleventh Circuit Says Cliffhangers Are ‘Features,’ Not Speech, As It Greenlights Florida’s Social Media Age Gate Apparently we're in an era where the... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/15/eleventh-circuit-says-cliffhangers-are-features-not-speech-as-it-greenlights-floridas-social-media-age-gate/

techdirt.comEleventh Circuit Says Cliffhangers Are ‘Features,’ Not Speech, As It Greenlights Florida’s Social Media Age GateApparently we're in an era where the courts just decide to ignore precedents they don't like. And that leads us to ridiculous results like yesterday's ruling in the Eleventh Circuit allowing Florida's HB3 social media age verification law to move forward. But to understand how messed up it is, you need to know the history...
Christopher Terry
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I was thinking about the Andy Harris don't record me or else meltdown yesterday, and I realized the GOP has basically become cops. They don't like scrutiny, hate when they are questioned by little people, and respond with meaningless threats to people engaged in First Amendment protected activity.

Christopher Terry
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11th Circuit on Florida Social Media Law: "Accordingly, the law is subject to intermediate, rather than strict, scrutiny." Who could have predicted these leaks in Reno's protections for internet content? Oh that's right, I did:

tandfonline.comA Cheerleader, a Snapchat, and a Profanity go to Supreme Court but the Punchline in Mahanoy Isn’t FunnyIn Reno v. ACLU and Packingham v. North Carolina, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government-enacted restrictions on online speech must pass strict scrutiny review. Even so, efforts to compel and...
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11th Circ. Says Fla. Can Enforce Social Media Teen Ban www.law360.com/florida/arti...

law360.com11th Circ. Says Fla. Can Enforce Social Media Teen Ban - Law360The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that Florida can enforce its restrictions on social media for children, vacating and reversing a preliminary injunction that blocked the state's enforcement.
Christopher Terry
@christopherterry.bsky.social

He's probably still salty about the thing he did on CSPAN back in 2015.

Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca

Republican candidates in the US are not doing well right now. Here's one in Maryland having a public meltdown. abcnews.com/Politics/rep...

abcnews.comRep. Andy Harris threatens journalist with potential criminal charges for recording himRep. Andy Harris attempted to invoke Maryland's two-party consent laws to object over the presence of a journalist at a news conference on Tuesday.
Christopher Terry
@christopherterry.bsky.social

This is exactly the kind of nerd talk I doom scroll social media for. No....seriously.

Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social

There are overtones re how to interpret the Stored Communications Act for multi-purpose providers in today's argument about the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act, Salazar v. Paramount Global. Transcript: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen... Audio: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

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Reuters Legal
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed Florida to enforce a state law barring children under 14 from accessing social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok or Snapchat, rejecting tech industry groups' claims that the law violates the US Constitution’s free speech protections.

reut.rsFlorida can enforce state law barring young kids from social media, appeals court rulesA federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed Florida to enforce ​a state law barring children under 14 from accessing social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok or Snapchat, rejecting ‌tech industry groups' claims that the law violates the US Constitution’s free speech protections.