Christopher Terry

@umn_hsjmc Associate Professor of Media Law.
I teach 1st Amendment, @FCC, @FEC & @FTC policy for a living. Hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.

[Christopher Terry @ChristopherTerr]

Find me over where the sky is blue.

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Enforcing the First Amendment in an Era of Jawboning
https://t.co/fXzuXWcpqL

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Gov. Reynolds signs bill that requires age verification for porn websites https://t.co/Jg5s0Q19tq

[internetcases @internetcases]

OnlyFans “chatter” fraud case moves forward

https://t.co/OJzaPV8yaH

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Data manipulated by unit of analysis by the FCC to make communication infrastructure better than it is in reality?!?

Say it ain't so, but see also: broadband deployment, broadband mapping for roughly anytime between March of 2010-and um...now.

https://t.co/85eSasSm1i

[James Czerniawski @JamesCz19]

🚨🚨 North Carolina Age Verification Bill Hearing Tomorrow AM! 🚨🚨 This bill is unconstitutional and would negatively impact NC consumers' online experience. A quick🧵:

[Corey D. Silverstein, Esq. @myadultattorney]

Utah has once again positioned itself at the center of the national battle over online age verification and adult-content regulation.

Read more: https://t.co/1x4PDfhy5e

Via @XBIZ World (June 2026, page 30)➡️ https://t.co/NEe8btP0GW

#myadultattorney #ageverification #merchantaccount #firstamendment #paymentprocessing

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 25, 2026 to May 29, 2026 https://t.co/t38c8AEz3a

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I'm old enough to remember when the fierce competition broadcasters used to justify the need for consolidation was from newspapers and cable.

This claim has more greatest hits on it than all three of the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks combined.

https://t.co/yLzjAyXiQR

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So basically, Carr is saying ABC was just first alphabetically, and that he's going to abuse and exceed the FCC's authority against any station who has dared air speech that he hates.

Got it.

[Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC]

Congress determined long ago that broadcasters have an obligation to operate in the public interest.

They are trustees, granted the privilege of using a valuable and scarce public resource — the airwaves.

The FCC issued a Public Notice today reminding broadcasters of their longstanding public interest obligations, and the agency will take appropriate actions to ensure compliance.

https://t.co/dLevHpClof

[Christopher Terry @ChristopherTerr]

Another win for "competition theory" regulation! https://t.co/ZpPKxzUFfL

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We should all shudder at the prospect of Senator Ken Paxton.

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Ninth Circuit Panel Goes Out of Its Way to Question Section 230--Doe v. Meta https://t.co/KoU1AP4tzs

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 18, 2026 to May 22, 2026 https://t.co/v9J1ZFXpgf

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FTC to Require Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening” AI-Powered Marketing Service https://t.co/Vyn1ujgfM8

[TheDesk.net @TheDeskDotNet]

Cox Media to pay $880,000 to settle FTC probe over AI-powered targeted ad tool

📰 Read more: https://t.co/y7taHqKLaM

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12 Companies got letters dated today that looked like this: https://t.co/wrlZxTg4ZU

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FTC Sends Warning Letters to Companies About Compliance with the TAKE IT DOWN Act https://t.co/e9W7TmqazO

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FTC Sends Warning Letters to Companies About Compliance with the TAKE IT DOWN Act https://t.co/e9W7TmqazO

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@haroldfeld That's a fair take on it.

FWIW I wasn't commenting on the merits, just the fact that it happened.

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Press Release: Gov. Evers, PSC Announce $60 Million to Expand Access to High-Speed Internet Across Unserved Communities https://t.co/QHROjJFNcS

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Legal Accountability Center files a Bar complaint against @BrendanCarrFCC

https://t.co/Oubd5gtLEk