The campaign against government’s influence over tech

An effort to stop agencies, academics and platforms from speaking to each other is finding success outside the courts — and has implications for next year’s presidential election

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks to reporters earlier this month at the U.S. Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Programming note: Platformer will be off Tuesday to host the Code Conference. We’ll be back Thursday with thoughts on the event, and Hard Fork drops Friday as usual.

Earlier this month, I wrote here about how r…