The Social Responsibility of Social Media Platforms
WEBDec 21, 2021 · One in three people globally use social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. These platforms act as breeding grounds for viral cartoon memes and trendy dance choreography, as well as widespread social movements and vibrant displays of activism.. But social media also has a dark side. Disinformation, hate speech, revenge pornography, harassment, terrorism activity, and sex ...
First Principles for Interpreting Regulation | The Regulatory Review
WEBFeb 11, 2013 · The distinctive legal characteristics of these regulations suggest two key principles for their interpretation. Principle 1: Interpret the regulation’s text in light of the regulation’s statement of basis and purpose (often referred to as the regulation’s “preamble”). Except in special circumstances, the Administrative Procedure Act ...
The Law and Policy of Product Obsolescence
WEBSep 8, 2021 · The modern-day term “planned obsolescence” occurs when firms deliberately design functional products to fail artificially. Consumer law and environmental law can combat this practice and work in tandem to advance a more sustainable consumption culture. Firms have strong incentives to engage in premature product obsolescence.
A Case for Mandatory Voting - The Regulatory Review
WEBJul 7, 2021 · Mandatory voting would widen the electorate, widening the political spectrum that candidates must represent. The working group suggests that candidates could begin to reject polarizing views and avoid “divisive rhetoric and vilifying particular groups.”. With citizens compelled to vote—perhaps in a less volatile political climate—the ...
Deregulation, Reagan-Style - The Regulatory Review
WEBMar 13, 2019 · This bipartisan movement succeeded in federal deregulation of certain industries, including, for example, the prices and schedules of commercial airlines, even while tolerating social regulation, especially when it was aimed at reducing broad social harms. The momentum generated in the late 1970s carried over into the Reagan Administration ...
The Ideological Origins of Deregulation | The Regulatory Review
WEBMar 18, 2019 · A A. Much support for government deregulation originates from left-wing thought. It is not difficult to identify the significant milestones in the history of deregulation in the United States. The late 1970s and early 1980s saw federal legislation deregulating vast swaths of the transportation sector— airlines, railroads, and trucking.
Native Peoples, Tribal Sovereignty, and Regulation
WEBMar 15, 2021 · Accordingly, the United States is obligated to promote tribal self-determination and tribes’ ability to provide for the health and welfare of tribal citizens within tribal lands. Yet despite its formal recognition of a certain degree of Native sovereignty, the federal government has also exercised significant control over tribal peoples and ...
Reforming Health Care for Patients in Prison - The Regulatory …
WEBFeb 12, 2022 · Reverby reviews a 1974 study of prison health care conditions and concludes that many of the concerns identified— including too few physicians, lack of follow up, and lack of primary health care—persist today. She attributes the lack of reform in part to increasing privatization of prison health care and mass incarceration.
A Local Lens on Administrative Law | The Regulatory Review
WEBNov 18, 2021 · Federal constitutional requirements provide a baseline for local agency adjudication; for over a century, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that when local governments’ policymaking impacts private rights, they must afford affected citizens “at least a rudimentary opportunity to be heard before a final decision is made.”.
Revisiting the Constitutionality of Independent Agencies
WEBJul 21, 2020 · The Court—with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the majority— cited to great effect the CFPB’s single-headed agency structure, the director’s five-year term, and the CFPB’s financial independence and litigating authority as establishing a center of power controlled by one person. This structure, the Court explained, allowed the ...