For OTI’s blog, I wrote a post about the way to actually tackle online harms, and as you can tell from the title, that way does not equate to “reforming” Section 230.
Tag: section 230
Link: Making the Internet Work for Everyone Using Section 230
For New America’s Thread online magazine, I wrote a piece on the importance of Section 230 for public interest internet organizations, like Wikipedia or the Internet Archive. The piece underscores that while the statute is one that undoubtedly has downsides, needlessly reforming or repealing Section 230 can lead to more bad than good.
Link: OTI Blog – SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Platforms — What’s Next for Platform Accountability?
For the OTI Blog, along with Prem Trivedi, I wrote about the Supreme Court’s ruling on two important cases related to Section 230, and on what lies ahead, as well as what OTI sees as important work in the future
Link: Context – Section 230 faces a reckoning
For Context, I wrote a commentary piece about the two (weird) Supreme Court cases that (in a roundabout way) deal with Section 230. Looking at how various potential outcomes of those cases impact intermediary liability and what all that may mean for us, the users.
Link: Barron’s – Change Is Coming to Internet Platforms. The Supreme Court May Lead the Charge
For Barron’s I wrote about the two cases the Supreme Court took on a few weeks ago, two very interesting cases that could strike at part or all of the protections afforded by Section 230 to all internet companies (big and small)
Link: Brookings – The Digital Services Act’s lesson for U.S. policymakers: Co-regulatory mechanisms
For Brookings Institution’s TechTank, I wrote about the innovation in the DSA, and how one particular piece, co-regulatory mechanisms, can be a great way to start thinking through platform governance issues in the United States.
Link: Brookings – Legislative efforts and policy frameworks within the Section 230 debate
Alongside Chris Riley, as a follow-up to our piece earlier this summer on the real and perceived harms that are the basis for Section 230 reform, for Brookings Institution’s TechStream, we wrote a synthesis of the major proposals for reform and how they each stack up against each other.
Link: Brookings – A guide for conceptualizing the debate over Section 230
For Brookings Institution’s TechStream, I wrote with Chris Riley, a synthesis piece about what the debate over “section 230” actually means, and the types of real and perceived harms that those fighting for reform want to mitigate.
Press: BusinessInsider – As Facebook prepares to outsource tough content decisions to its new ‘Supreme Court,’ experts warn it still operates within a dictatorship and can’t legislate a better government
I was quoted in this BusinessInsider article about the Oversight Board, as it ramps up its capacity to hear cases, even though its power is limited.
Press: The Hill – “Republicans, DOJ propose scaling back social media liability protections”
I was quoted in this article in The Hill, talking about the dual proposals from Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) and from the Department of Justice, on content moderation. As you can probably tell, I (along with anybody that’s spent more than 2 hours in this area of tech policy) am not a fan of either.