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Leader of the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign Believes Public Sentiment Towards Facebook is Shifting

July 30, 2020 — In a Wednesday hearing, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was questioned by Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., about a statement he made regarding mounting...

Section 2302 weeks ago

Senators Discuss Section 230 Shortcomings and Potential Reforms

July 28, 2020 — Senators on Tuesday remained broadly divided on the extent and direction that changes to Section 230 should take. The tenor of the...

Section 2302 weeks ago

Commerce Department Asks Federal Communications Commission to Reconsider Section 230 Protections

July 27, 2020 — The U.S. Commerce Department under the Trump administration on Monday followed through on the president’s orders and filed a petition asking the...

Social Media3 weeks ago

Polarization Runs Deeper Than Social Media, Says National Review Correspondent

July 16, 2020 — Social media is not exacerbating the problems of American public discourse, said the National Review’s Kevin Williamson in a Lincoln Network webinar...

Section 2303 weeks ago

Social Media Platforms Should Increase Algorithm Transparency, Say Broadband Breakfast Live Online Panelists

July 16, 2020 — Social media companies need to “open up” their algorithms, said participants in a Broadband Breakfast panel on Wednesday. The event, titled “Public Input on Platform...

Section 2304 weeks ago

Social Media Not About Publisher Versus Platform, Says Expert Author on Section 230

July 13, 2020 — Social media moderation will inevitably be biased to some degree, said Jeff Kosseff, assistant professor of cybersecurity law at the United States...

Free Speech1 month ago

Online Speech Has Harmful Effects on Both Individuals and Society, According to Mary Anne Franks

July 10, 2020 — A letter signed by over 150 prominent intellectuals and artists was published by Harper’s Magazine on Tuesday, warning against an “intolerant culture”...

Section 2301 month ago

Section 230 is Essential and Broadly Misunderstood, Say Panelists at Broadband Breakfast Live Online Event

July 8, 2020 — Despite the hate that big tech companies receive, social media platforms are essential in enabling online speech at the level seen today,...

Section 2301 month ago

Parler, Gab, and Section 230: Right-Leaning Social Networks Push Alternative to Twitter and Facebook

July 7, 2020 — Many conservatives have long accused popular social media platforms of discriminating against their ideas, but that feeling reached a new urgency in...

Social Media1 month ago

Social Media Self-Regulation Has Failed, Say New America Panelists

July 7, 2020 — Social networks have failed to self-regulate, said Joe Westby, technology and human rights researcher at Amnesty International, in a Tuesday webinar hosted by...

Social Media1 month ago

Political Right Relies on Division and Distraction to Maintain Working Class Support, Say New America Panelists

July 7, 2020 — The extremely wealthy and their priorities dominate American democracy, reinforcing profound economic inequality throughout the country, argued political scientists Jacob Hacker and...

Section 2301 month ago

Content Moderation Experts Discuss Future of Section 230 in Broadband Breakfast Live Online Event

July 6, 2020 — The role of a content moderator is to be both a judge and a janitor of the internet, according to Alex Feerst,...

Congress1 month ago

EARN IT Act, Impacting Section 230, Advances in Senate with New Encryption Amendment

June 2, 2020 —The heavily contested Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act advanced out of the Senate Judiciary committee, with the addition of...

Free Speech1 month ago

Examples of Governments Protecting Free Speech are Many, says German Marshall Fund

July 2, 2020 — International governments can create spaces for free speech without having to impede freedoms, said participants in a German Marshall Fund of the...

Privacy and Security1 month ago

Electoral Interference an Even Bigger Threat Amid the Coronavirus, Says Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics

June 29, 2020 — The coronavirus has exacerbated the threat of electoral interference, said journalists and legislative experts in a webinar Monday. Panelists joined the George...

Section 2301 month ago

Broadband Breakfast Live Online Launches Series on ‘Section 230: Separating Fact from Fiction,’ in Partnership with CCIA

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2020 - Broadband Breakfast announced that its Broadband Breakfast Live Online webcast series will focus, for the first three weeks of July 2020,...

Section 2301 month ago

Section 230 Under Attack From the Right and the Left

June 26, 2020 — The debate over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act spans a broad range of views, with some arguing that it essentially...

House of Representatives2 months ago

Witnesses Blame Social Media Algorithms for Spread of Misinformation

June 25, 2020 — Algorithms utilized by platforms to keep users engaged are partially to blame for the heightened state of disinformation which poses a threat...

Section 2302 months ago

The Authors of Section 230 Discuss the Law, 25 Years Later

June 25, 2020 — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and former Congressman Chris Cox, authors of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, joined technology policy journalist...

Section 2302 months ago

Without Section 230, Tech Platforms Would be Afraid to Either Leave Content Up or Take it Down, Say Panelists

June 24, 2020 — In the wake of yet another clash between Twitter and President Donald Trump, the question of how social media platforms should be...

Social Media2 months ago

Panelists Call for Stakeholder Collaboration to Establish Trust in Content Moderation Processes

June 24, 2020 — Four members of the Transatlantic High Level Working Group on Content Moderation Online and Freedom of Expression detailed the group’s newly released...

Section 2302 months ago

Trump’s Section 230 Order is Direct Regulation of Speech Long Feared by GOP

June 23, 2020 — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has played an important role in the shifting center of power on the internet, but...

Section 2302 months ago

Under Section 230, Should Tech Platforms Be Able to Exercise Editorial Control and Still Avoid Liability?

June 22, 2020 — Legal experts disagreed on Monday about whether Section 230 is exacerbating or helping to solve problems with the current state of online...

Section 2302 months ago

Revisions to Section 230 Would be Fraught With Dangerous Implications, Say Lincoln Network Panelists

June 17, 2020 — Conversations around the removal or revision of Section 230 are often fraught with treacherous implications for free speech online, said participants in...

Section 2302 months ago

Section 230 Executive Order Questioned by Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and Legal Experts

June 17, 2020 — “Section 230 is on fire in D.C.,” said Eric Goldman, professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law, at a Wednesday...

Section 2302 months ago

TechFreedom Asks Supreme Court to Review Section 230 Case

June 12, 2020 — Left unchecked, a recent court decision on Section 230 might lead to the internet suffering what a 2008 ruling called “death by...

Social Media2 months ago

Social Media Companies Can Block and Control Harmful Content Amidst Current Coronavirus Disinformation

June 9, 2020 — Though disinformation is rampant online, there is still hope that social media companies can control it, said Ryan Calo, principal investigator at...

Health2 months ago

Public Knowledge’s Internet Superfund is a Vaccine Against Toxic Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories Run Rampant

June 4, 2020 — In a video that quickly went viral, discredited medical researcher Judy Mikovits claimed that the novel coronavirus was intentionally unleashed upon the...

Section 2302 months ago

President Trump’s Anti-Section 230 Executive Order ‘Radical,’ says Sen. Ron Wyden

June 3, 2020 — The actions that President Donald Trump has taken to punish tech companies for alleged anti-conservative discrimination are radical, said Section 230 co-author...

Section 2302 months ago

Defending Donald Trump Over Twitter, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Says President’s Attacks on Section 230 Are Constitutional

June 2, 2020 — Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s attempts to punish Twitter’s fact-checking practices and said they were not...

Section 2302 months ago

At Silicon Flatirons, UN Representative Says World Must Stand By Twitter in Battle of Intimidation with Trump

May 30, 2020 — Twitter’s response to Donald Trump’s attempt to subjugate the platform over its actions will have serious consequences for the future of free...

Section 2302 months ago

Amid Responses to Section 230 Executive Order, Trump-Twitter Dispute Over ‘Censorship’ Continues to Escalate

May 29, 2020 — President Donald Trump continued to rage against Twitter over allegations of censorship by the company in a series of tweets on Friday,...

Section 2302 months ago

Trump Preparing to Sign Executive Order Curbing Section 230 Protections for Social Media

May 28, 2020 — President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that would eliminate protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act...

Social Media2 months ago

Social Media is Lowering the Quality of Our Information, Say Ranking Digital Rights Panelists

May 27, 2020 — Current social media algorithms and big tech tactics are making our information less reliable and our discourse less productive amid the coronavirus,...

Intellectual Property3 months ago

Slogans About Data Portability on Tech Platforms Don’t Capture Intellectual Property and Interoperability Issues

May 22, 2020 — Experts on the issue of data portability are unsure where to draw the line regarding the degree to which big tech platforms...

Social Media3 months ago

Facebook Content Moderation Oversight Board Aims to Provide a ‘Deliberative Second Look’ at Controversies, Akin to U.S. Supreme Court

May 19, 2020 — On a Monday webinar discussion with members of Facebook’s new oversight board, moderator Vivian Schiller, executive director of the Aspen Institute’s digital...

Social Media3 months ago

With Misinformation About Coronavirus Rampant, Facebook Officials Are Taking More Aggressive Steps

May 14, 2020 — Facebook is taking extra steps to stop the rampant spread of coronavirus misinformation, said company officials in a National Association of Broadcasters...

Federal Agencies3 months ago

Federal Election Commissioner Says Facebook Continues to Pose Dangers to Democracy

May 8, 2020 — Facebook is still affected by many of the problems represented in 2010’s “The Social Network,” as well as some new ones, Federal Election...

Federal Agencies3 months ago

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments About Robocalls Over the Telephone

May 6, 2020 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday used the telephone to hear arguments on the constitutionality of political messages sent over the telephone. The...

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Social Media

Mignon Clyburn, Coy on Future Federal Communications Commission Role, Says Agency Lacks Authority to Clarify Section 230

Leader of the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign Believes Public Sentiment Towards Facebook is Shifting

Senators Discuss Section 230 Shortcomings and Potential Reforms

Commerce Department Asks Federal Communications Commission to Reconsider Section 230 Protections

Polarization Runs Deeper Than Social Media, Says National Review Correspondent

Social Media Platforms Should Increase Algorithm Transparency, Say Broadband Breakfast Live Online Panelists

Social Media Not About Publisher Versus Platform, Says Expert Author on Section 230

Online Speech Has Harmful Effects on Both Individuals and Society, According to Mary Anne Franks

Section 230 is Essential and Broadly Misunderstood, Say Panelists at Broadband Breakfast Live Online Event

Parler, Gab, and Section 230: Right-Leaning Social Networks Push Alternative to Twitter and Facebook

Social Media Self-Regulation Has Failed, Say New America Panelists

Political Right Relies on Division and Distraction to Maintain Working Class Support, Say New America Panelists

Content Moderation Experts Discuss Future of Section 230 in Broadband Breakfast Live Online Event

EARN IT Act, Impacting Section 230, Advances in Senate with New Encryption Amendment

Examples of Governments Protecting Free Speech are Many, says German Marshall Fund

Electoral Interference an Even Bigger Threat Amid the Coronavirus, Says Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics

Broadband Breakfast Live Online Launches Series on ‘Section 230: Separating Fact from Fiction,’ in Partnership with CCIA

Section 230 Under Attack From the Right and the Left

Witnesses Blame Social Media Algorithms for Spread of Misinformation

The Authors of Section 230 Discuss the Law, 25 Years Later

Without Section 230, Tech Platforms Would be Afraid to Either Leave Content Up or Take it Down, Say Panelists

Panelists Call for Stakeholder Collaboration to Establish Trust in Content Moderation Processes

Trump’s Section 230 Order is Direct Regulation of Speech Long Feared by GOP

Under Section 230, Should Tech Platforms Be Able to Exercise Editorial Control and Still Avoid Liability?

Revisions to Section 230 Would be Fraught With Dangerous Implications, Say Lincoln Network Panelists

Section 230 Executive Order Questioned by Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and Legal Experts

TechFreedom Asks Supreme Court to Review Section 230 Case

Social Media Companies Can Block and Control Harmful Content Amidst Current Coronavirus Disinformation

Public Knowledge’s Internet Superfund is a Vaccine Against Toxic Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories Run Rampant

President Trump’s Anti-Section 230 Executive Order ‘Radical,’ says Sen. Ron Wyden

Defending Donald Trump Over Twitter, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Says President’s Attacks on Section 230 Are Constitutional

At Silicon Flatirons, UN Representative Says World Must Stand By Twitter in Battle of Intimidation with Trump

Amid Responses to Section 230 Executive Order, Trump-Twitter Dispute Over ‘Censorship’ Continues to Escalate

Trump Preparing to Sign Executive Order Curbing Section 230 Protections for Social Media

Social Media is Lowering the Quality of Our Information, Say Ranking Digital Rights Panelists

Slogans About Data Portability on Tech Platforms Don’t Capture Intellectual Property and Interoperability Issues

Facebook Content Moderation Oversight Board Aims to Provide a ‘Deliberative Second Look’ at Controversies, Akin to U.S. Supreme Court

With Misinformation About Coronavirus Rampant, Facebook Officials Are Taking More Aggressive Steps

Federal Election Commissioner Says Facebook Continues to Pose Dangers to Democracy

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments About Robocalls Over the Telephone

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Americans’ Trust in Media Declines For Third Consecutive Year, Differs Along Party Lines, Reports Knight Foundation

Breakfast Media Minute: August 7, 2020

Federal Communications Commission Sets C-Band Auction Procedures, Reforms Inmate Calling Service Rates

Ethical Technology Still in Early Stages, But Here to Stay, Say Axios Panelists

UTOPIA Fiber Announces $13.8 Million Deal With Clearfield, Utah

Digital Infrastructure Investment: Session Two Preview

Digital Infrastructure Investment: Session One Preview

South Florida Fiber-Optic Network, Rural Broadband in New York, Copyright Office’s Sesquicentennial, Internet Honorees

Breakfast Media Minute: August 6, 2020

Charlottesville Regional Equity Atlas Project Aims to Provide Greater Visibility into Geographic Disparities

Antitrust and Data Protection Emerge as Top FTC Priorities During Senate Hearing

Instagram Launches TikTok Competitor, Starry Internet Pledge, Trump Claims Microsoft Will Pay U.S. For TikTok Purchase

Breakfast Media Minute: August 5, 2020

Open Radio Access Network Tech is a Pandemic Necessity, Says Open RAN Policy Coalition

Brookings Panelists Call For Breaking Up and Breaking Open Big Tech Powerhouses

Trump Pulls O’Rielly Nomination, Algorithm Governance Framework, San Jose Hotspots, New Broadband Association Members

Breakfast Media Minute: August 4, 2020

Libraries Play an Important Role During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Say FCC Workshop Participants

Pushes to Privatize USPS Threaten the Oldest Universal Communications Network and Efficiency of Mail-in Ballots

Microsoft Moves to Buy TikTok, Deepfake Identification Software, Facebook Advertising Growth Unchanged

Digital Infrastructure Investment: Preview Video

Breakfast Media Minute: August 3, 2020

Jim Baller, Champion of Municipal Broadband, Fights the Fight for More Than 25 Years

Daniel Hanley: Google and Facebook Are Essential, Let’s Regulate Them That Way

Breakfast Media Minute: July 31, 2020

Leader of the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign Believes Public Sentiment Towards Facebook is Shifting

Infrastructure Stimulus Bill Predictions, Call For Broadcast Reform, Big Tech Hearing Reactions

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Respond and Deflect Manifold Criticism by House Judiciary Panel

Big Tech Must Be Broken Up, says House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman

Breakfast Media Minute: July 30, 2020

Confirming 2020 Election Results Could Prove Challenging, Say Brookings Panelists

Breakfast Media Minute: July 29, 2020

Senators Discuss Section 230 Shortcomings and Potential Reforms

Fair Use is Essential But its Enforcement is Broken, Says Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee

Increased Security Initiatives Essential to the Future of Telework

Senate Unveils HEALS Act, FCC Transparency Concerns, Wisconsin’s Broadband Task Force

Big Tech CEOs Prepare to Defend Alleged Anticompetitive Practices