Former Founder and Executive Director of the Restore Us Institute (now disbanded), a nonprofit organization that was dedicated to restoring constitutional accountability to the U.S. internet. Internet policy expert.
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Scott Cleland is an internet policy expert and former Founder and Executive Director of the Restore Us Institute, a nonprofit organization that focused on restoring constitutional accountability and individual rights to the digital realm. The Restore Us Institute has since been disbanded, but Cleland continues his work on the intersection of technology, constitutional law, and online rights.
Cleland's policy work examines how federal internet policy has evolved and argues that current frameworks have created what he characterizes as a lawless environment where Americans lack constitutional protections they enjoy in the physical world. His advocacy focuses on extending constitutional principles to online platforms and digital interactions.
Through his work, Cleland promotes policy changes that would bring greater accountability to technology companies and restore what he views as fundamental rights in the digital space. His work spans issues including free speech online, privacy, and the application of constitutional principles to internet governance.
Cleland appeared on the Kim Monson Show in November 2022 to discuss constitutional accountability online and his vision for restoring rights protections to the digital realm.
November 7, 2022
Glenn Rhoades warns of EMP grid threats and Scott Cleland exposes online rights erosion on November 7, 2022.
“It gives them immunity but actually impunity to moderate anything. And to put it in simple terms, it makes them meddlesome middlemen, and they have impunity. Literally, they have license to do whatever they want.”
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