By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/04/2026They'd tried all manner of arguments to overturn the ban: technical arguments, political arguments, financial arguments. All of these efforts failed - they didn't even make a dent. 7/ 120
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/04/2026Cohn's genius was the way she formulated a free speech argument about the ban on encryption: arguing that computer code was a form of expressive speech, entitled to protection under the First Amendment. 8/ 130
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/04/2026While she didn't come up with this idea, it was her gift for assembling a narrative and a cadre of unimpeachable experts that carried the day. 9/ 110
