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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 ...
Paying College Athletes - The Regulatory Review
WEBFeb 6, 2021 — College student athletes generate millions of dollars in profits for schools, coaches, and conference and network executives—everyone, it seems, but themselves.. College athletics operate under the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), a private nonprofit organization. Under current NCAA regulations, compensation for student athletes is limited to scholarships for their education.
A Case for Mandatory Voting - The Regulatory Review
WEBJul 7, 2021 — Despite historically high voter turnout rates in the 2020 general election, the United States still ranks in the lower half of developed countries for voter turnout.. Low voter turnout can threaten a democracy by inaccurately representing the needs of citizens, particularly marginalized individuals who face the greatest barriers to political participation.
Assessing Stigler’s Economic Theory of Regulation
WEBAug 23, 2021 — George Stigler’s article “The Theory of Economic Regulation”—which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year—is one of the most influential political economy accounts of regulation. More than perhaps any other article, it shifted the prevailing explanation for regulation from a public interest model to a rational choice model.
Deregulation, Reagan-Style - The Regulatory Review
WEBMar 13, 2019 — History can help explain the politics of regulation, but only if we first understand that there are different kinds of regulation out there. For example, one might usefully—if imperfectly—distinguish economic regulation—that is, the intensive regulation of specific industries in ways that often manage the supply or price of certain goods or both—from social regulation—that is, the ...
Regulating Cost-Benefit Analysis | The Regulatory Review
WEBAug 27, 2018 — Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that asks the public to comment on the possible development of regulations for “increasing consistency and transparency in considering costs and benefits in the rulemaking process.” This framing suggests three propositions which I examine in this essay: (1) Costs and benefits ...
Regulating Elections in the United States | The Regulatory Review
WEBSep 20, 2021 — The right to free and fair elections is a core tenant of American democracy. But what precisely does “free and fair” mean in 2021? In the past year, 18 states have passed more than 30 laws that place new restrictions access to the ballot box. Some of these laws impose heightened voter ID mandates, while others make it harder for voters to request or drop off mail ballots.
A Local Lens on Administrative Law | The Regulatory Review
WEBNov 18, 2021 — Scholars have long debated the principles of U.S. administrative law, but these discussions have focused almost exclusively on federal law. How well do these principles apply at the local level? Despite the abundance of administrative law scholarship, basic questions about the oversight of local administration remain conspicuously unaddressed, argues Maria Ponomarenko of the University of ...
Native Peoples, Tribal Sovereignty, and Regulation
WEBMar 15, 2021 — For the first time in U.S. history, a Native American will lead a cabinet-level department in the U.S. federal government. Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland now heads the federal agency primarily responsible for coordinating the U.S. government’s complex regulatory relationships with Native Nations.. These relationships are predicated on tribal sovereignty—tribes’ inherent ...