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Content Moderation
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Media Law Prof Blog
Amazon.com At the Center of a Rankings Storm
A new Amazon.com policy through which the giant online retailer is trying to make its lists of top selling books more "family friendly" is apparently backfiring with a vengeance. A…
The Trademark Blog
Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook Content Brouhaha
Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook): Update on Terms Our next version will be a substantial revision from where we are now. It will reflect the principles I described yesterday around…
Media Law Prof Blog
Google and Free Speech
Law professor Jeffrey Rosen turns reporter in this New York Times Magazine article on "Google Gatekeepers." In this feature piece, he explores how demands from various countries that YouTube take…
The Trademark Blog
“AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge ReTort”
Workbench: "AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge ReTort": [Workbench is] currently engaged in a legal disagreement with the Associated Press, which claims that Drudge Retort users linking to its…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Facebook breastfeeding flap
Andrea Gordon of the Toronto Star writes:Facebook is getting an online scolding after the social networking site deleted pictures of nursing babies it considered "obscene content" and closed the account…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Don’t Talk Ill of the Dead
Many websites exist for family and friends to make comments about the recently deceased. They range from small sites created by local funeral homes to mega-sites such as Legacy.com.These website…