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Content Moderation
226 published works
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
The Employees of No One? More Dystopian Jungles
"Bodies in Seats" is the apt title of a chilling recent article in The Verge. The next time I hear debates about social media purges meant to make me safe…
Tech Law Blog
Advocate General delivers significant Opinion on scope of host providers’ obligation to remove illegal content
In the case of Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland Ltd (Case C-18/18), the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice (CJEU) was asked to clarify the scope of the obligation…
Simple Justice
Short Take: The Youtube Purge
As the Texas Tornado replied, “NOBODY COULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT CALLS FOR CENSORSHIP MIGHT BACKFIRE,” because, of course, he did, I did, many people did. It’s not that we’re prescient,…
The Right Coast
Facebook May Be Told to Censor Users’ Hateful Posts Globally
(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. may be ordered to remove offensive content posted by users in the European Union and then also hunt for similar posts anywhere in the world, according…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Filtering Actions by Anti-Malware Software Provider Protected by CDA “Good Samaritan” Immunity
UPDATE: On December 31, 2019, the Ninth Circuit released an amended opinion in Enigma Software Group USA, LLC v. Malwarebytes, Inc., No. 17-17351 (9th Cir. Dec. 31, 2019). The case also…
The Right Coast
The Big Tech Threat | Josh Hawley | First Things
One of the most difficult things about acting in this area is the fear that any significant change in this space, any significant adjustment to the rules of the road…
Media Law Prof Blog
The UK’s White Paper on Online Harms
Via the Index on Censorship: the Online Harms White Paper, published by the UK Government's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and the Secretary of State for…
Global Fintech & Digital Assets Blog
UK’s Proposed “Online Harms” Compliance and Enforcement Regime Will Target Platforms
UK publishes White Paper with hard-hitting regulatory proposals to tackle online harms. By Alain Traill, Stuart Davis, Andrew Moyle, Deborah Kirk and Gail Crawford On 8 April 2019, the Home…
Media Law Prof Blog
Kadri and Klonick on Facebook v. Sullivan: Building Constitutional Law For Online Speech @thomaskadri @Klonick
Thomas Kadri, Yale Law School, and Kate Klonick, St. John's University School of Law and Yale University Information Society Project, have published Facebook v. Sullivan: Building Constitutional Law for Online…
The Right Coast
Facebook “deboosting” right-wingers, big surprize
I haven't thought it all the way through, but it certainly seems like it's going to be necessary to regulate these big monopolies that sit atop the networks that have…