Topic
Content Moderation
227 published works
Socially Aware Blog
Computer Service Providers Face Implied Limits on CDA Immunity
By J. Alexander Lawrence, Janelle Hyun
Often lauded as the most important law for online speech, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) does not just protect popular websites like Facebook, YouTube and Google from…
Inside Privacy
UK Government Publishes Initial Consultation Response on the Online Harms White Paper
On February 12, 2020, the UK Home Office and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport published the Government’s Initial Consultation Response (“Response”) to feedback received through a public consultation…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Online Harms White Paper: UK Government publishes its consultation response
By Peter Watts, Penny Thornton, Telha Arshad
The UK Government Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) has today published its initial response to the public consultation on the Online Harms White Paper, published in April 2019. …
The Traklight Blog
YouTube Rolls Out Updates to Improve Copyright Claims Process
By Mike Willee
There's been much written about the manifold issues facing YouTube as it comes to copyright complaints — not only the inevitable problem of copyright violation but the manner in which…
Media Law Prof Blog
Tushnet on Content Moderation in an Age of Extremes @rtushnet
Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School, is publishing Content Moderation in an Age of Extremes in Case Western Reserve Journal of Law, Technology & the Internet (volume 10, 2019). Here is…
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
Content moderation oversight board proposed by Facebook
Social media companies have traditionally argued that they are merely internet platforms as opposed to publishers with the ensuing editorial responsibilities (despite the odd court case where it has been…
Media Law Prof Blog
Samples on Why the Government Should Not Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media @JohnSamplesCato
John Samples, Cato Institute, has published Why the Government Should Not Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media as Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 865. Here is the abstract.President Trump recently…
The Right Coast
Netflix CEO: Sure, we’ll censor our programs for foreign governments
During an interview at the The New York Times Dealbook Conference, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was asked about a recent decision to pull down a particular episode of Hasan Minhaj s…
La Revue
Suppression par les réseaux sociaux de contenus identiques ou similaires à un contenu jugé illicite
CJUE 3 octobre 2019, affaire Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek vs Facebook Ireland Limited, n° C‑18/18 Une décision récente de la CJUE va donner du fils à retordre aux réseaux sociaux et autres…
Future Lawyer
#WhyIAmASolo – I Set My Office Community Standards
By rickgeorges
Facebook has become such a big part of our lives that we forget its power to regulate us. I am still, three years later, trying to figure out what "community…