The president had threatened to veto the defense spending bill if it failed to repeal special legal liability exemptions for Big Tech…
The 7 Censorship Tactics ‘Big Tech’ Uses to Control the Flow of Critical Information…
The most obvious censorship tactic is direct censorship, which is the blocking and removing of information. For a social media giant like Twitter, this means users can’t access specific information or share it with their network…
League of California Cities Want Congress to Change Section 230… To Let Cops Spy on Everyone Using Social Media…
At a time when there are widespread political demonstrations against police brutality, both online and in the streets, the League’s proposal intrudes on protected First Amendment activity and would impose onerous burdens on smaller, community-focused websites throughout the state…
Because Congress Apparently Has NOTHING AT ALL IMPORTANT to Work On, It Introduced TWO MORE Section 230 Bills Yesterday…
Yes, she keeps saying that “if it’s a crime offline, it should be a crime online” and it always has been. This bill, like her last bill, changed literally nothing about what was a “crime”…
Justice Department Issues Recommendations for Section 230 Reform…
The Department of Justice released today a set of reform proposals to update the outdated immunity for online platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Responding to bipartisan concerns about the scope of 230 immunity, the department identified a set of concrete reform proposals to provide stronger incentives for online platforms […]
DOJ’s Review of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996…
Top House Committee Reviewing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Testimony for False Statements…
A top House committee that oversees the U.S. telecommunications industry is now reviewing whether Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey lied to Congress during a hearing about Twitter’s controversial history of arbitrarily censoring content published by the site, an aide for the House Energy and Commerce committee told The Federalist. “The committee is aware of Twitter’s actions […]
Forcing Internet Platforms To Police Content Will Never Work
For many years now, we’ve pointed out that whenever people — generally legacy content companies and politicians — started pushing for internet platforms like Google, Facebook and Twitter to “police” content, that no matter what those platforms did, it was never going to be enough. For example, after years of resisting, Google finally caved to […]
Another Ridiculous Lawsuit Hopes to Hold Social Media Companies Responsible for Terrorist Attacks…
Judge On Whether Twitter Is Legally Liable For ISIS Attacks: Hahahahahaha, Nope…
This is not a surprise, but the judge overseeing the case where Twitter was sued by a woman because her husband was killed in an ISIS attack has tossed out the case…