Christopher Terry
@christopherterry.bsky.social
University of Minnesota/HSJMC Associate Professor of Media Law. I teach folks about the 1st Amendment, @FCC, @FEC& @FTC policy for a living. Otherwise talking Brewer Baseball and Fishing.
And yes, the hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.
And yes, the hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.
Snapchat Inks Deal To Avoid 1st Social Media Bellwether Trial www.law360.com/productliabi...
Snapchat Inks Deal To Avoid 1st Social Media Bellwether Trial - Law360
Attorneys for Snapchat and the plaintiff in a bellwether trial starting next week over claims social media harms young users' mental health told a Los Angeles judge Tuesday they have reached a settlem...
www.law360.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Snapchat Inks Deal To Avoid 1st Social Media Bellwether Trial www.law360.com/productliabi...
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"Snap reaches settlement in social media addiction lawsuit." techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/s...
Snap reaches settlement in social media addiction lawsuit | TechCrunch
Snap is still a defendant in similar cases related to social media addiction.
techcrunch.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
"Snap reaches settlement in social media addiction lawsuit." techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/s...
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Snap reached an agreement on Tuesday to settle a tech addiction lawsuit. The case is the first such lawsuit of several that are set to go to trial this year against Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube.
Snap Settles Lawsuit on Social Media Addiction, Avoiding a Landmark Trial
The settlement means Snap will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.
nyti.ms
January 21, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Snap reached an agreement on Tuesday to settle a tech addiction lawsuit. The case is the first such lawsuit of several that are set to go to trial this year against Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube.
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Good analysis with insights from @christopherterry.bsky.social, @randersenjones.bsky.social and other experts.
US Media in the Crosshairs - Nieman Reports
The Trump administration is deploying a range of legal weapons to attack US news outlets
niemanreports.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Good analysis with insights from @christopherterry.bsky.social, @randersenjones.bsky.social and other experts.
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I agree. Most people of any influence in the U.S. are either too drunk on normalcy juice or too craven to speak bluntly about what we face. Hearing what the rest of the world honestly thinks of us can only do us good.
I have one request for everyone outside the United States. Stop being polite to us Americans. Tell us what you really think.
"The most corrupt president The United States have ever seen."
UK Member of Parliament Ed Davey does not mince words when characterizing Trump after his move to take Greenland.
UK Member of Parliament Ed Davey does not mince words when characterizing Trump after his move to take Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I agree. Most people of any influence in the U.S. are either too drunk on normalcy juice or too craven to speak bluntly about what we face. Hearing what the rest of the world honestly thinks of us can only do us good.
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“It is not stalking to follow a law enforcement officer to document what they’re up to — that’s constitutionally protected conduct,” @seth-stern.bsky.social tells @salon.com.
ICE escalates war on civilian accountability - Salon.com
Critics say federal agents are following a playbook to give themselves an excuse to react violently
www.salon.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
“It is not stalking to follow a law enforcement officer to document what they’re up to — that’s constitutionally protected conduct,” @seth-stern.bsky.social tells @salon.com.
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You should maybe look at this piece bc it has my thoughts on a hypocritical (possibly theocratic?) FTC commissioner named Mark Meader.
But you should definitely look at it bc I convinced @mmasnick.bsky.social to put a picture (!) on top of a Techdirt article.
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/20/c...
But you should definitely look at it bc I convinced @mmasnick.bsky.social to put a picture (!) on top of a Techdirt article.
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/20/c...
Can You Trust Mark Meador?
The FTC remains politicized. One commissioner is leading the way—when it suits him. The Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan was not a well-run institution. I wrote about this at the time, ofte…
www.techdirt.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM
You should maybe look at this piece bc it has my thoughts on a hypocritical (possibly theocratic?) FTC commissioner named Mark Meader.
But you should definitely look at it bc I convinced @mmasnick.bsky.social to put a picture (!) on top of a Techdirt article.
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/20/c...
But you should definitely look at it bc I convinced @mmasnick.bsky.social to put a picture (!) on top of a Techdirt article.
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/20/c...
1 down, 3 to go.
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
1 down, 3 to go.
Could there be any better evidence that FCC media policy has been a disaster than low power stations not being run or programmed with local content?
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Localism Requirement Dooms Low-Power Station Requests - Law360
Four proposed low-power FM stations in Texas and one in Nevada can't get building permits from the Federal Communications Commission because their paperwork doesn't indicate they would be run by local...
www.law360.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Could there be any better evidence that FCC media policy has been a disaster than low power stations not being run or programmed with local content?
www.law360.com/texas/articl...
www.law360.com/texas/articl...
Dems Balk At FCC Drive For Simpler Broadband Labels www.law360.com/telecom/arti...
Dems Balk At FCC Drive For Simpler Broadband Labels - Law360
The Federal Communications Commission wants to move toward broadband "nutrition" labels that it thinks consumers could more easily navigate, even if that means taking out a separate line about early t...
www.law360.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Dems Balk At FCC Drive For Simpler Broadband Labels www.law360.com/telecom/arti...
Karl is absolutely on target here.
Fernando Severino and I have been examining issue advertising on Spanish Language Radio for the past couple of election cycles and conservative groups are making a full court press to reach this audience.
latinxtalk.org/2025/09/08/w...
Fernando Severino and I have been examining issue advertising on Spanish Language Radio for the past couple of election cycles and conservative groups are making a full court press to reach this audience.
latinxtalk.org/2025/09/08/w...
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Karl is absolutely on target here.
Fernando Severino and I have been examining issue advertising on Spanish Language Radio for the past couple of election cycles and conservative groups are making a full court press to reach this audience.
latinxtalk.org/2025/09/08/w...
Fernando Severino and I have been examining issue advertising on Spanish Language Radio for the past couple of election cycles and conservative groups are making a full court press to reach this audience.
latinxtalk.org/2025/09/08/w...
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But the marketing! The marketing of this stuff was perfectly successful.
Well done, everyone.
Well done, everyone.
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:58 AM
But the marketing! The marketing of this stuff was perfectly successful.
Well done, everyone.
Well done, everyone.
Take this with my usual dirty liberal hippie law professor disclaimer,
But just so we're clear: The DOJ is appealing an order that tells DHS and ICE to stop violating our First Amendment rights?
Well, that's a fairly solid of a metric for where we are with things in the Twin Cities these days.
But just so we're clear: The DOJ is appealing an order that tells DHS and ICE to stop violating our First Amendment rights?
Well, that's a fairly solid of a metric for where we are with things in the Twin Cities these days.
Live: Department of Justice plans to appeal court order restricting ICE tactics in Minnesota
Court order limited federal agents from arresting, detaining, retaliating against or using force and chemical irritants against peaceful protesters and observers.
www.startribune.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Take this with my usual dirty liberal hippie law professor disclaimer,
But just so we're clear: The DOJ is appealing an order that tells DHS and ICE to stop violating our First Amendment rights?
Well, that's a fairly solid of a metric for where we are with things in the Twin Cities these days.
But just so we're clear: The DOJ is appealing an order that tells DHS and ICE to stop violating our First Amendment rights?
Well, that's a fairly solid of a metric for where we are with things in the Twin Cities these days.
There's fascists roaming around in my town, so I missed this yesterday, but I'll definitely be talking about this in class this week.
(Assuming I don't get taken to the camps, which in Minneapolis is less of a joke than it used to be).
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
(Assuming I don't get taken to the camps, which in Minneapolis is less of a joke than it used to be).
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
Salesforce Still Can't Avoid Tertiary Liability FOSTA Claims-GG v. Salesforce - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This is one of numerous FOSTA cases seeking to hold Salesforce liable for providing vendor services to Backpage. I describe these as “tertiary liability” cases because Salesforce’s involvement is thre...
blog.ericgoldman.org
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
There's fascists roaming around in my town, so I missed this yesterday, but I'll definitely be talking about this in class this week.
(Assuming I don't get taken to the camps, which in Minneapolis is less of a joke than it used to be).
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
(Assuming I don't get taken to the camps, which in Minneapolis is less of a joke than it used to be).
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
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Deadline on this is extended until Wednesday -- and if you want to write about your experience in a short piece (50-200 words) for this call, but need help, I have a group of volunteer writing coaches and professional editors ready to help Minneapolis folks out with this.
Racket wants to hear from you, Minnesota. We want to hear how the ICE occupation has changed your life, and we want the world outside of Minnesota to know as well.
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Deadline on this is extended until Wednesday -- and if you want to write about your experience in a short piece (50-200 words) for this call, but need help, I have a group of volunteer writing coaches and professional editors ready to help Minneapolis folks out with this.
It is fair to say that @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social and I don't always see eye to eye, but I think he's dead on with this one.
open.substack.com/pub/corbinkb...
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Can You Trust Mark Meador?
The FTC remains politicized. One commissioner is leading the way—when it suits him.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 PM
It is fair to say that @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social and I don't always see eye to eye, but I think he's dead on with this one.
open.substack.com/pub/corbinkb...
open.substack.com/pub/corbinkb...
We dont have to wait for the midterms.
This is basically days that end in Y.
This is basically days that end in Y.
and yet during midterms we'll be bombarded with Axios, Semafor, Politico, and NYT deep dives that either downplay or ignore that the U.S. political right is a bunch of lying extremist sociopaths completely off the fucking rails
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We dont have to wait for the midterms.
This is basically days that end in Y.
This is basically days that end in Y.
I have to admit I am curious.
Assuming this isn't just the standard reactive bluster...what possible charge could DOJ indict on, much less get a conviction on, in this situation?
Asking honestly.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Assuming this isn't just the standard reactive bluster...what possible charge could DOJ indict on, much less get a conviction on, in this situation?
Asking honestly.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appar...
abcnews.go.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I have to admit I am curious.
Assuming this isn't just the standard reactive bluster...what possible charge could DOJ indict on, much less get a conviction on, in this situation?
Asking honestly.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Assuming this isn't just the standard reactive bluster...what possible charge could DOJ indict on, much less get a conviction on, in this situation?
Asking honestly.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Found tied to the barricade.
January 18, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Found tied to the barricade.
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The story in Minnesota is not about “clashes” or protests. What is happening here is the clearest example in my life of the government violating every basic principle America is supposedly founded upon. It is lawless, unconstitutional, and un-American.
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The story in Minnesota is not about “clashes” or protests. What is happening here is the clearest example in my life of the government violating every basic principle America is supposedly founded upon. It is lawless, unconstitutional, and un-American.
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate raises 10 times more than conservative www.wbay.com/2026/01/15/l...
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate raises 10 times more than conservative
The Republican-backed candidate, Judge Maria Lazar, downplayed the disparity.
www.wbay.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate raises 10 times more than conservative www.wbay.com/2026/01/15/l...
Or taxpayer funded paramilitary operations....
Something, something, marketplace of ideas something something.
Amazing how little internal merit racism has as a form of speech when it's not being artifically subsidized by algorithms or cable subscribers.
Amazing how little internal merit racism has as a form of speech when it's not being artifically subsidized by algorithms or cable subscribers.
Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis overwhelmed a planned rally in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday, pelting the supporters with snowballs and water balloons in sub-freezing weather.
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Or taxpayer funded paramilitary operations....
Something, something, marketplace of ideas something something.
Amazing how little internal merit racism has as a form of speech when it's not being artifically subsidized by algorithms or cable subscribers.
Amazing how little internal merit racism has as a form of speech when it's not being artifically subsidized by algorithms or cable subscribers.
Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis overwhelmed a planned rally in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday, pelting the supporters with snowballs and water balloons in sub-freezing weather.
Anti-ICE Demonstrators Outnumber Backers in Minneapolis Protest
Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis overwhelmed a planned rally in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday, pelting the supporters with snowballs and water balloons in sub-freezing weather.
bloom.bg
January 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Something, something, marketplace of ideas something something.
Amazing how little internal merit racism has as a form of speech when it's not being artifically subsidized by algorithms or cable subscribers.
Amazing how little internal merit racism has as a form of speech when it's not being artifically subsidized by algorithms or cable subscribers.
There's a reddit thread going to identify the Timberwolves Hat ICE guy.
He's in several videos escalating situations, and even was involved in an incident where a member of city council was assaulted for the crime of standing on a sidewalk in his district.
He's in several videos escalating situations, and even was involved in an incident where a member of city council was assaulted for the crime of standing on a sidewalk in his district.
According to DHS, about 3,000 ICE and federal agents are operating in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. THREE THOUSAND! The entire Minneapolis Police Department only has about 580 officers. This is outrageous and unnecessary.
Our tax dollars are funding this abuse, so it’s happening in our name.
Our tax dollars are funding this abuse, so it’s happening in our name.
January 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM
There's a reddit thread going to identify the Timberwolves Hat ICE guy.
He's in several videos escalating situations, and even was involved in an incident where a member of city council was assaulted for the crime of standing on a sidewalk in his district.
He's in several videos escalating situations, and even was involved in an incident where a member of city council was assaulted for the crime of standing on a sidewalk in his district.
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I know my posts are often snarky, but trying to imagine explaining to a rank and file GOP voter from the early 90s: Trump as a president who deployed federal troops into multiple US cities as we get ready to fight a war with (checks notes)..um NATO,so Russia can win in Europe.
Make that make sense.
Make that make sense.
‼️🇫🇷🇬🇱 France will soon deploy a warship, aircraft and more soldiers to Greenland, President Emmanuel Macron said today. Although he made no direct link with Trump’s threats to seize the territory, Macron warned of a “new colonialism” and “comments which sow doubt, even among allies". 1/
January 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I know my posts are often snarky, but trying to imagine explaining to a rank and file GOP voter from the early 90s: Trump as a president who deployed federal troops into multiple US cities as we get ready to fight a war with (checks notes)..um NATO,so Russia can win in Europe.
Make that make sense.
Make that make sense.