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Social Media

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 arm, asked the participants point blank if they were being paid for their services. “Uh, yes,” Michael McConnell, professor at

Section 230

Despite A Significant Role in Shaping the Online World, the Future of Section 230 is Still Unknown

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 – CATO Institute Vice President John Samples on Tuesday compared the continually changing territory that Section 230 occupies in the broadband world to the coronavirus. While the past of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is constantly examined, the future of th

Section 230

State of the Net Panelists Fiercely Defend Section 230 as a Crucial Protection of Free Speech

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2020 – Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act may be controversial in some parts of this city, but at the State of the Net conference here, panelists were unanimous in highlighting the detrimental effects that would come from amendments to the law. In spite of bipartis