Berin Szoka serves as President of TechFreedom. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Before joining PFF, he was an Associate in the Communications Practice Group at Latham & Watkins LLP, where he advised clients on regulations affecting the Internet and telecommunications industries. Before joining Latham’s Communications Practice Group, Szoka practiced at Lawler Metzger Milkman & Keeney, LLC, a boutique telecommunications law firm in Washington, and clerked for the Hon. H. Dale Cook, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Szoka received his Bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University and his juris doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as Submissions Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and California (inactive).
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Litigations
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Letters
Section 230 and the American Innovation and Choice Online Act
National Emergencies Act reform in the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act
Has Congress really thought through its latest antitrust proposals?
If Common Carriage Doesn’t Work for Broadband, Why Should It Work for Social Media?
Letter Responding to Commissioner Carr on First Amendment and Section 230
Deep Dives
No publications are available
White Papers
Section 230: An Introduction for Antitrust & Consumer Protection Practitioners
Nomi: The Dark Side of the Latest FTC Privacy Case
Explainers
Section 230: An Introduction for Antitrust & Consumer Protection Practitioners
Nomi: The Dark Side of the Latest FTC Privacy Case
Opinion Piece
Florida and Texas’ ‘Free Speech’ Social Media Laws Would Require Sites to Host Mass Shooting Videos
Musk, Twitter, Bluesky & The Future Of Content Moderation (Part II)
Musk, Twitter, Why The First Amendment Can’t Resolve Content Moderation (Part I)
Justice Thomas’s Misguided Concurrence on Platform Regulation
Why we need Section 230 more than ever
Blog