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. 176 Can a graphic designer be compelled to design a website for a same-sex wedding?
Ep. 175 Jawboning, book banning, and LeBron James thinks hate speech isn’t free speech (also Elon Musk … again)
Ep. 174 Elon Musk, PayPal, and is New York trying to destroy Twitch?
Ep. 173 Does your book need a sensitivity reader?
Ep. 172 What does the First Amendment protect on social media?
Ep. 171 Nature Human Misbehavior
Ep. 170 Free speech and the American Founding
Ep. 169 The Art of Insubordination
Ep. 168 Assassin’s veto comes for Rushdie
Ep. 167 That Facebook post about abortion could land you in jail
Ep. 166 Substack, a platform for free speech?
Ep. 165 Title IX gets twisted again
Ep. 164 ‘The First Amendment created gay America’
Ep. 163 The new FIRE
Ep. 162 “Parental Advisory” and music censorship with Eric Nuzum
Ep. 161 What did ‘On the Media’ get wrong about free speech … again?
Ep. 160 Hugh Hefner, free speech scrapbooker
Ep. 159 Disney and Elon Musk
Ep. 158 What is academic freedom?
Ep. 157 Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia
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