4/ Historically, US courts have protected software as speech: Bernstein v. US (1999) confirmed cryptography code can be First Amendment-protected. But functional tools crossing certain lines can face regulation. #CodeIsSpeech

Love seeing the crypto community championing developers like this! It's vital for privacy & open-source. #CodeIsSpeech #DevPower

#mustread #CodeIsSpeech #FoE Captures why I strongly disagree w/ the US cyber-libertarian mainstream (@EFF, etc.). https://x.com/FrankPasquale/status/720428758243676161