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Content Moderation
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New Ideas Legal Tech
Handling the Twitter Meltdown
By Jerry Lawson
Wendy Leibowitz, Tom Mighell, Dennis Kennedy and others I respect are weighing the pros and cons of moving to Twitter alternatives. A few thoughts on a complex situation: Big problems…
The Right Coast
Donald Trump and the blue-tick pricks – spiked
We re only helping Twitter to enforce its community standards , said the Twittermob. We re not censoring anyone, they can always go somewhere else , they said. They were…
Data Counsel
California’s AB 587: What You Need to Know About Social Media Content Moderation
On Sept. 13, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 587, which requires social media companies to publicly post their content moderation policies and semiannually report data on their…
Perkins on Privacy
More State Content Moderation Laws Coming to Social Media Platforms
By Madeline McFee, Naa Kai Koppoe
California and New York recently passed laws that seek to change how social media platforms and social media networks design and report their content moderation practices. The New York law…
The Data Advisor
European Union Adopts Flagship Digital Services Act
By Cédric Burton, Laura De Boel, Lydia Parnes, Tom Evans, Mia Gal
On October 27, 2022, the Digital Services Act (DSA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, sweeping in a new era in the regulation of digital services. (See…
Mike McBride Online
Linked – Why It’s Virtually Impossible to Moderate Social Media Sites
By Mike McBride
I'm sure at some point, Elon Musk thought for sure that he could buy Twitter and do a better job of content moderation. I'm sure most of us have had…
AdLaw By Request®
Pause: Texas Social Media Law on Hold as it heads to Supreme Court for Review
By Jason Gordon, Robert Newman, Michael Isselin, Emily Faro
A federal appeals court has agreed to put on hold a Texas social media law, HB 20, that restricts content moderation actions on social media platforms. The Fifth U.S. Circuit…
The Right Coast
PayPal Still Threatens $2500 Fines for Promoting “Discriminatory” “Intolerance” (Even if Not “Misinformation”)
So if PayPal "in [its] sole discretion" concludes that you're using PayPal "for activities that & relate to transactions involving & promotion of" "discriminatory" "intolerance" presumably including distributing publications, or…
The Right Coast
Google Targets 2-Time Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Cartoonist, Calls Our Poll Dangerous, And More Issues & Insights
We appealed this ruling with Google and were denied. No explanation was offered, of course. And there s no possible way to know what would constitute a fix that would…
Media Law Prof Blog
Marrazzo on Public Accommodations Originalism’s Inability to Solve the Problems Associated With Online Content Moderation @StMarysLJ @NDLaw
Vincent Marrazoo, University of Notre Dame Law School, is publishing Public Accommodations Originalism's Inability to Solve the Problems Associated With Online Content Moderation in volume 54 of the St. Mary's…