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The Supreme Court Punts on Section 230
Thoughts on Gonzalez, Taamneh, and the future of Section 230.
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Thoughts on Gonzalez, Taamneh, and the future of Section 230.
The Supreme Court ruled that the social media companies are not liable for ISIS attacks that victims’ families claimed resulted from algorithms promoting terrorist content on their platforms.
The companion cases mark a major decision in platform liability for terrorist material hosted on their services.
Based on its preexisting norms, how should Apple respond to calls for banning Twitter and TikTok from its app store?
Despite the argumentative thrust behind the “Twitter Files,” which suggests that the U.S. government and external voices attempted to wield undue influence in content moderation issues, such outside input is needed for a healthy online ecosystem.
Musk assured European leaders that Twitter will comply with European regulations. However, it is doubtful that he will accept all the constraints of the European rules and that Twitter will have the concrete means to comply with them.
There's room to improve in the upcoming midterm elections.
On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law will hold a hearing on how social media platforms' design choices shape our discourse and our minds. The subcommittee will hear testimony from Monika Bickert, the vice president for content policy at Facebook; Lauren Culbertson, the head of U.S.
The justice’s speculations on the possibilities for regulating social media platforms are already changing the tone of the debate on the political right—but he makes a weak argument.
The Supreme Court vacates the holding that the replies to Trump’s Twitter account are a public forum, and Justice Thomas shares his thoughts on platform regulation.