First Amendment

topic on 8 shows · 10 statements across 9 episodes

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BIG TECHNOLOGY Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2029
Michael: Anthropic's First Amendment retaliation claim against Pentagon will fail
“I think the notion that a First Amendment claim is going to hold up is, is, would be shocking, because that means that the government has no choice to make.”
Emil Michael Apr 15, 2026 ▶ 47:52 The Pentagon's AI Plan + Behind the Anthropic Fight — With Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
Schmitt: Biden's censorship enterprise is the greatest First Amendment affront
“And a censorship enterprise that they created that was so vast. It's the biggest affront to the first event we've ever seen.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 4:36 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Opinion
Schmitt: Federal censorship was the greatest First Amendment affront in US history
“Fast censorship enterprise that existed that, in my view, was the greatest affront to the First Amendment we've ever seen in the history of our country.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 3:17 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
SOURCERY Disclosure
Banister: Most of her philanthropic donations fund constitutional amendment causes
“For me, I'm very, very passionate about the first amendment and most of the causes I donate to are first amendment related or second amendment or fourth amendment, anything constitutional.”
Cyan Banister Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 38:42 Cyan Banister & Lee Jacobs: Investing in 'The Magically Weird' | SpaceX, Uber, Anduril · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
MORE OR LESS Prediction Held up
Jessica Lessin: TikTok Will Sue the U.S. Over First Amendment
“So what's gonna happen after Biden signs this is ByteDance or TikTok is gonna sue to block it on the grounds that it's infringing on the First Amendment.”
Jessica Lessin Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 3:18 #44: The $1B AI Girlfriend Market, the Tech Hedge Fund Fallout and Why VCs Can’t Quit AI · More or Less Podcast
ALL-IN Opinion
Sacks: Government pressure on private platforms to suppress news violates First Amendment
“When the government instructs a private company to censor a press story that the government itself does not have the authority to censor, that is a violation of the First Amendment.”
David Sacks Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 49:38 E94: NFT volume plummets, California's overreach, FBI meddling, climate change & national security
20VC Opinion
Cuban: Algorithmic content amplification is protected under First Amendment
“They made a really, really good argument while that it's still protected under the first amendment in the United States, whether it's algorithmically derived or some comes out of someone's mouth. And so I went from saying, okay, algorithmic amplification shoul…”
Mark Cuban Feb 8, 2022 ▶ 25:28 Cost Plus Drugs: EXPLAINED | Mark Cuban Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Y COMBINATOR Assertion Supported
Cutts: The SearchKing lawsuit established search results are First Amendment protected
“The result of that lawsuit was that search results are protected by the first amendment.”
Matt Cutts Dec 4, 2019 ▶ 8:36 Matt Cutts on the US Digital Service and Working at Google for 17 Years · Y Combinator
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thierer: First Amendment acted as a deregulatory sledgehammer for early internet
“The First Amendment became If you will, a deregulatory sledgehammer that you could take agencies to court for almost anything they did with the internet, and you could win. You could beat regulatory proposals.”
Adam Thierer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:42 a16z Podcast | Making the Case for Permissionless Innovation
a16z Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2020
Thierer: First Amendment would block European-style 'right to be forgotten' laws
“If someone in the States tried to do something like the Europeans are doing with right to be forgotten, we could beat that back with the First Amendment in the US. We could say, no way it doesn't jive with our First Amendment.”
Adam Thierer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:03 a16z Podcast | Making the Case for Permissionless Innovation

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