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 ...
Forty Years After Surface Freight Deregulation
WEBDec 14, 2020 · After 1980, the actual results of surface freight deregulation exceeded economists’ expectations. Between 1981 and 1996, real rail revenue per ton-mile fell by nearly 50 percent. At least one-third of this rate reduction can be attributed to the Staggers Act. Deregulated rates saved shippers up to $7 billion annually in 1987.
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 Role of Appropriate Access to Care in Reducing Health System …
WEBMay 13, 2019 · Improving access to health care can reduce long-term health care costs. Seeking to address growing concerns about U.S. health care costs, policymakers in many cases are turning to patient access restrictions in efforts to reduce spending and, as such, control costs. Cost-containment objectives are undoubtedly necessary to pursue.
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 ...
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.
What Does Risk-Based Regulation Mean? - The Regulatory Review
WEBJul 8, 2019 · It is almost universally recommended today that regulators and regulation become “risk-based.” The widespread enthusiasm for risk-based regulation may be partly a function of the ambiguity of the “risk-based” concept: it can mean different things to different people. At one level, any regulator with a mission to address risks of economic activity—accident risks, environmental risks ...
Regulation’s Four Core Components | The Regulatory Review
WEBSep 17, 2012 · These core regulatory components—regulator, target, command, and consequences—affect the incentives and flexibility that a regulation provides. Regulated businesses will have maximal flexibility when the regulator is the industry itself. Yet even when the regulator is the government, choices made about variables such …
Establishing Economies on Indian Reservations
WEBApr 8, 2021 · Functioning economies allow Indian families to acquire living wage jobs, adequate housing, and the necessary infrastructure to live their lives on their own reservations. Robert J. Miller (Eastern Shawnee) is a professor of law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. This essay is part of a …
Responding to Deepfakes and Disinformation - The Regulatory …
WEBAug 14, 2021 · Deepfakes are uniquely effective at spreading disinformation, which raises critical concerns for democracy and national security. Effective democratic discourse requires that voters start from the same foundation of facts, but deepfakes can lead individuals to live in their own subjective realities and exacerbate social divisions.