Cathy Gellis

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US lawyer and former Internet professional interested in tech, international law, civil liberties & their convergence, plus the sociology of technology adoption and communications. Contributor at techdirt.com, recurrent guest on This Week in Google. Unabashed Huey Lewis and the News fan.
Twitter:https://twitter.com/CathyGellis
Techdirt posts:https://www.techdirt.com/user/cathy/
Cathy Gellis2h ago

We will never be able to dissuade a country from developing nuclear weapons when we are content to leave a madman in the office who's threatening to use ours.

I wrote this week how Congress's refusal to impeach is mortgaging our future.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/16/americas-diminished-place-in-the-world-and-the-consequences-of-not-impeaching/

America’s Diminished Place In The World And The Consequences Of Not Impeaching

It has long been clear: Trump needs to be removed from office before he can inflict even more damage than he already has. But he doesn’t just need to be stopped; for America to have a future …

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Cathy GellisMar 9
Matt BlazeMar 8
Feeling pretty smug about all those clocks I never bothered to change back in November.
Cathy GellisMar 3
Matt BlazeMar 3
It’s probably once again a bad time, historically speaking, for archdukes to ride in open convertibles.
Cathy GellisFeb 11

It was a two-podcast week for me! In addition to being on Paula Poundstone's podcast, I also was on the Techdirt podcast talking about the Supreme Court and the Internet.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/10/techdirt-podcast-episode-443-the-supreme-courts-internet-cases/

Techdirt Podcast Episode 443: The Supreme Court’s Internet Cases

Support us on Patreon » In the last few years, the Supreme Court has been paying a lot more attention to the internet than it ever has before, and the cases keep on coming. This is alrea…

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Cathy GellisFeb 10

I was on the latest episode of Paula Poundstone's podcast talking about the First Amendment. Listen for a shout-out to anti-SLAPP laws, an explanation why "can't shout fire in a crowded theater" is NOT the law, and a caution to think twice about overruling Citizens United. (My segment starts ~39ish minutes in.)

https://nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone.com/#episodes

Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone – The Comedy Podcast

Cathy GellisFeb 9

I have a new post at Techdirt that is both a look back at just about everything I've written about Section 230 since its 20th birthday, and a crash course in how it works and why we need it.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/09/on-section-230s-30th-birthday-a-look-back-at-why-its-such-a-good-law-and-why-messing-with-it-would-be-bad/

On Section 230’s 30th Birthday, A Look Back At Why It’s Such A Good Law And Why Messing With It Would Be Bad

This past weekend Section 230 turned 30 years old. In those 30 years it has proven to be a marvelous yet misunderstood law, often gravely, as too many, including in Congress and the courts, mistake…

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Cathy GellisJan 29

In my latest post for Techdirt, I argued that it's time to call a spade a spade. The comparisons between what the Trump Administration is doing, and what the German Nazis did, is inescapable. And denying it (as the US Holocaust Museum shamefully did) just makes us more vulnerable to it.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/29/speak-its-name-yes-this-is-naziism/

Speak Its Name: Yes, This Is Naziism

History never repeats exactly the same, which is how it can be hard to recognize when it is indeed repeating—too many little things may be different the second time around for subsequent events to …

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Cathy GellisJan 24
Matt BlazeJan 24
Despite everything that happened at Davos, I still haven't forgotten about the Epstein files.
Cathy GellisJan 24
Show threadGreg BellJan 24
@cathygellis there should be an open document for articles of impeachment, appended every week by his new atrocities. Let's see the *weight* of his crimes accumulate instead of just the "crime of the week"
Cathy GellisJan 24

Food for thought... In my latest Techdirt post I wonder what if Trump has already effectively abandined the presidency? What do we do? What do the courts do?

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/23/a-year-in-and-its-time-to-recognize-the-oval-office-is-empty/

A Year In, And It’s Time To Recognize: The Oval Office Is Empty

It will be to the everlasting shame of all Americans that impeachment has not yet been accomplished to formally remove Trump from office. Not in his previous term, and not this one, at least not so…

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