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.
#184: Sex Toy Hacking
#183: Is the Sharing Economy Progressive?
#182: Powering the Internet
#181: NextGen Air Traffic
#180: Mayday for Tech in the UK
#179: Hate Speech
#178: Is it time to break up Big Tech?
#177: Online Privacy and the BROWSER Act
#176: Future of Internet Copyright (w/ TechDirt)
#175: The Driverless Future
#174: Vaping and the FDA
#173: NSA Checks Itself?
#172: Future of Internet Regulation (w/ FCC Chairman Ajit Pai)
#171: Tech and Immigration
#170: Tech and Tax Reform
#169: The Future of Tech Policy
#168: FBI and Facial Recognition
#167: The Airbnb Wars Rage On
#166: Hacking the CIA
#165: Regulating the Universe
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