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. 156 What Russians don’t know about the war in Ukraine
Ep. 155 The John Roberts Supreme Court
Ep. 154 Sarah Palin v. New York Times
Ep. 153 Elitist vs. egalitarian free speech (live recording, Q&A)
Ep. 152 Banning critical race theory
Ep. 151 Fighting words
Ep. 150 George Orwell
Ep. 149 Caitlin Flanagan and Greg Lukianoff
Ep. 148 University of Austin, a new university devoted to free speech
Ep. 147 ‘The Mind of the Censor’ with Robert Corn-Revere
Ep. 146 Trigger warnings and DEI statements
Ep. 145 First Amendment history with Yale Professor Akhil Amar
Ep. 144 Matt Taibbi, Nadine Strossen, and Amna Khalid respond to ‘On the Media’ free speech critiques
Ep. 143 Politics and thought reform in K-12 education
Ep. 142 Alfred Hitchcock and Hollywood’s Production Code
Ep. 141 Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade
Ep. 140 Free speech, psychology, and madness
Ep. 139 Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis
Ep. 138 A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz
Ep. 137 The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan Rauch
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