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Content Moderation
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The Right Coast
Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company s Response Is Weak, Documents Show. – WSJ
Employees flagged that human traffickers in the Middle East used the site to lure women into abusive employment situations in which they were treated like slaves or forced to perform…
The Right Coast
OnlyFans Suspends Plan to Ban Sex Videos – WSJ
OnlyFans is suspending its plan to prohibit content featuring sexually explicit conduct, a policy about-face for a social-media platform that built its popularity on subscriptions to pornographic photos and videos.…
Simple Justice
Only What The Payment Processors Permit
Whether you’re a fan (or flan, as that tempster Andrew Fleischman used to suck me in) will probably matter as to whether this strikes you as important at the moment.…
The Right Coast
Facebook Oversight Board: Fucking Chinese Referring to Chinese Government Not Forbidden by Facebook Rules Reason.com
Therefore, given that the profanity did not target people based on race, ethnicity, or national origin, but targeted a state, the Board concludes it does not violate Facebook's Hate Speech…
PrawfsBlawg
Texas continues race to bottom with Florida
Main Friday, July 09, 2021Texas continues race to bottom with FloridaTexas and Florida are locked in a bizarre race to the bottom in enacting the most stupid and constitutionally problematic…
The Right Coast
If Private Platforms Use Government Guidelines to Police Content, is that State Censorship? – by Matt Taibbi – TK News by Matt Taibbi
As has been noted in this space multiple times, this is a common theme in nearly all of these stories, but Weinstein s tale is at once weirder and more…
The Right Coast
A Case of “Intellectual Capture?” On YouTube’s Demonetization of Bret Weinstein – by Matt Taibbi – TK News by Matt Taibbi
Just under three years ago, Infowars anchor Alex Jones was tossed off Facebook, Apple, YouTube, and Spotify, marking the unofficial launch of the content moderation era. The censorship envelope has…
ContractsProf Blog
Tuesday Top Ten – Contracts & Commercial Law Downloads for June 15, 2021
By Mark Burge
The Tuesday Top Ten is back after an "out-of-office" experience last week, so let's see what's hot on those SSRN download presses!Top Downloads For:Contracts & Commercial Law eJournalRecent Top Papers (60…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Some Interesting CDA Section 230 Developments: A Novel FCRA Victory, a Negligent Design Exception and a Startling New State Law
In the past month, there have been some notable developments surrounding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA” or “Section 230”) beyond the ongoing debate in Congress over the…
The Right Coast
How Facebook Turned its Market Success Into a Culture War on America | Mises Wire
In twenty-first-century America, millions of Americans Christians and social conservatives especially are finding that the nation s most influential institutions appear to be implacably hostile toward them.These institutions include universities,…