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. 79 Former FEC Chairman Bradley Smith
Ep. 78 LGBT equality and the First Amendment
Ep. 77 Campus speech roundup: Art censorship, porn filters, speech restrictions abroad, and litigation victories
Ep. 76 From black armbands to the U.S. Supreme Court
Ep. 75 Against ‘Free Speech’ with Anthony Leaker
Ep. 74 ‘The Half-Life of Facts’ with Samuel Arbesman
Ep. 73 ‘Uncensored’ with Zachary Wood
Ep. 72 ‘Bodied’ with director Joseph Kahn
Ep. 71 Thinking about free speech in bets with Annie Duke
Ep. 70 Free speech in the digital age with Jameel Jaffer
Ep. 69 Former Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Ep. 68 'True threats' with David L. Hudson Jr.
Ep. 67 ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’
Ep. 66 Outrage mobs in comedy
Ep. 65 Artificial intelligence & speech rights
Ep. 64 How censorship crosses borders with Jacob Mchangama
Ep. 63 Supreme Court review: Kennedy, Kavanaugh, and “weaponizing the First Amendment”
Ep. 62 Most memorable FIRE cases
Ep. 61 ‘HATE’ with Nadine Strossen
Ep. 60 ‘Speak Freely’ with Professor Keith Whittington
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