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. 136 Comic book panic!
Ep. 135 Are education schools secretly driving campus censorship?
Ep. 134 A cheerleader’s free speech case lands at the Supreme Court
[FIXED] Ep. 133 University of Wisconsin Professor Donald Downs
Ep. 132 Academic Freedom Alliance with Keith Whittington
Ep. 131 ‘Incitement’ with David L. Hudson Jr.
Ep. 130 Stonewalling by the University of California
Ep. 129 ‘The Fight for Free Speech’ with Ian Rosenberg
Ep. 128 John McWhorter says academics are really, really worried
Ep. 127 What happened to American childhood? with Kate Julian and Greg Lukianoff
Ep. 126 Free speech after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Ep. 125 National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke
Ep. 124 ‘Burning the Books’ with Richard Ovenden
Ep. 123 Campus mobs, heckler’s vetoes, racial segregation, and a rogue student government!
Ep. 122 U.S Constitution masterclass with Judge Douglas Ginsburg
Ep. 121 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards
Ep. 120.1 Mighty Ira documentary watch-along
Ep. 120 ‘Mighty Ira’ Glasser
Ep. 119 2020 College Free Speech Rankings
Ep. 118 David Goldberger, lead attorney in “the Skokie case”
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