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Mike Godwin

1 article 2016

Mike Godwin is a lawyer and author best known for coining "Godwin's Law," the internet adage about online comparisons to Nazis. He has served as general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation and has written extensively on internet law, free speech, and digital rights. He contributed a piece to The Weekly Standard in 2016 on the implications of electoral choices.

Be Careful What You Vote For

June 24, 2016 · Lyft, Magazine, Uber

Rarely has a vote had such an immediate effect. On May 7, Austin residents elected not to overturn restrictions on ridesharing companies their city council passed in December. Two days later, both Uber and Lyft ceased operations in the Texas capital. The new rules required transportation network…