Topic
Content Moderation
226 published works
The Right Coast
Facebook Is Banning Women for Calling Men Scum
As ProPublica revealed in an investigation in June, white men are listed as a protected group by the platform.via www.thedailybeast.comWell this is easy. Just stop listing white males as a…
The Right Coast
YouTube and PragerU’s Lawsuit: The Case for Prager | Ricochet
Individually YouTube calls the content creators their partners, and collectively they call them the YouTube community. Every YouTuber has a contract with YouTube, which is essentially letting them set up…
The Right Coast
YouTube and PragerU’s Lawsuit: The Case for Prager | Ricochet
Individually YouTube calls the content creators their partners, and collectively they call them the YouTube community. Every YouTuber has a contract with YouTube, which is essentially letting them set up…
Media Law Prof Blog
Langvardt on Regulating Online Content Moderation @DetroitMercyLaw
Kyle Langvardt, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, is publishing Regulating Online Content Moderation in volume 106 of the Georgetown Law Journal (2018). Here is the abstract.The Supreme Court…
ContractsProf Blog
YouTube and Annoying Plaintiffs
In a case that is a sad testament to today’s apparently increasing loneliness in the Western world despite much technological progress that could have alleviated some of that, but instead…
Socially Aware Blog
The Top Social Media Platforms’ Efforts To Control Cyber-Harassment
By Aaron Rubin, Scott M. Sawyer, Hywote Taye
Social networking platforms have long faced the difficult task of balancing the desire to promote freedom of expression with the need to prevent abuse and harassment on their sites. One…
Media Law Prof Blog
Google To White House: No Take-Down For Controversial Video
From the New York Times: Google has announced that, consistent with its current policy, it will allow a controversial video available on Google-owned YouTube even though that video is apparently the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Apple Removes Anti-Abortion, Anti-Gay App
CNET.com: Apple removes anti-gay app from App Store, by Lance Whitney: Apple has removed an iPhone app considered anti-gay following a wave of protests sent through the online petition site…
Media Law Prof Blog
Speech, Filters, and the Internet
Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Annenberg School for Communication, has published "Free Speech and the Myth of the Internet as an Unintermediated Experience," in volume 78 of…
Media Law Prof Blog
More On Craigslist’s Ads
The litigation over craigslist's "erotic ads" section is heating up. Even though the site reached an agreement with 40 states attorneys general last year, and has modified its practices since…