The liability protections in Section 230 that make digital free speech possible have faced nearly constant threats from both sides of the aisle. Late last year, Sen. Josh Hawley introduced the Ending Support for Online Censorship Act that would require the government to certify that platforms were being neutral in their content moderation. Diane Katz, senior research fellow in regulatory policy at the Heritage Foundation, joins the show to discuss the challenges of assessing bias and the threats Hawley’s approach poses to free speech. For more, see her recent paper on the legislation.
#344: TikTok and the First Amendment
#343: China and National Security
#342: Save the Children (From State Social Media Laws)
#341: The FTC Tries to Shape the Market
#340: Making Sense of the SCOTUS Internet Speech Cases
#339: Will Tech Swallow the Fourth Amendment?
#338: Gonzalez v. Google
#337: China and Domestic Surveillance
#336: Tech Illiteracy on the Right
#335: Is Screen Time Bad for Kids?
#334: Snake Oil Salvation: Malcom Kyeyune on the New Internet Counterculture
#333: The FCC in Space
#332: Facial Recognition Technology
#331: Section 230’s Long Path to SCOTUS
#330: The FTC & FCC in Court
#329: Will Rinehart’s Wild Weird Brain
#328: What’s the Deal with European Antitrust?
#327: The Collapse of Complex Societies
#326: Content Moderation Potpourri
#325: Live: Quinta Jurecic on Jan. 6, Social Media, and the Great Rage
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