So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
News:Politics
Jeff Kosseff is an associate professor of cybersecurity law in the United States Naval Academy’s Cyber Science Department. He is the author of four books including his most recent, “Liar in a Crowded Theater: Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation.” He has also written books about anonymous speech and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:30 Jeff’s focus on the First Amendment
4:27 What is Section 230?
9:30 “Liar in a Crowded Theater”
16:27 What does the First Amendment say about lies?
19:35 What speech isn’t protected?
21:27 The Eminem case
27:33 The Dominion lawsuit
38:44 “The United States of Anonymous”
46:39 The impact of age verification laws
49:43 “The Twenty-Six Words that Created the Internet”
58:40 What’s next for Jeff?
1:01:35 Outro
Show Notes
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011)
FIRE’s guide to Section 230
Nikki Haley on social media anonymity
Schenck v. United States (1917)
“The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet” by Jeff Kosseff
NBC News: “Judge allows lawsuit against Snap from relatives of dead children to move forward”
“The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment Shaped Online Speech” by Jeff Kosseff
United States v. Alvarez (2012)
Ep. 196 ‘The Identity Trap’ by Yascha Mounk
Ep. 195 ‘Don’t Tread on Me,’ misgendering, cancel culture, and three strikes for Texas
Ep. 194 Harvey Silverglate, the beatnik criminal defense attorney
Ep. 193 Can you still have a debate in high school debate?
Ep. 192 Free speech at the Supreme Court
Ep. 191 Civil liberties and Civil War
Ep. 190 Free speech and Abolitionism
Ep. 189 Why should we care about punk rock?
Ep. 188 How to make a winning free speech argument
Ep. 187 Dominion vs. Fox lawyers reflect on historic case
Ep. 186 Killer Mike on free speech, racial justice, and Rap on Trial
Ep. 185 Sex, drugs, and free speech (Bob Guccione Jr. and Nick Gillespie)
Ep. 184 What’s going on in Florida?
Ep. 183 The Stanford shout-down with David Lat
Ep. 182 Ilya Shapiro on Fox/Dominion and his ‘cancel culture nightmare’
Ep. 181 New York Times v. Sullivan and its future
Ep. 180 Super Bowl free speech fumble
Ep. 179 Artificial intelligence: Is it protected by the First Amendment?
Ep. 178 The costs of offending religious sensitivities
Ep. 177 Are Ann Coulter’s words really ‘violence’?
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