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Facebook censorship bias detailed in internal documents
"Facebook’s “noncommittal” response to the groups’ request last year prompted them to ask to meet with company representatives, but the company did not res…
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Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children
"“Sadly,” the rules are “incorporating this color-blindness idea which is not in the spirit of why we have equal protection,” said Danielle Citron, a law p…
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A Campus Murder Tests Facebook Clicks as Evidence of Hate
""These are not questions the law has had to answer before," says Neil Richards, a professor of First Amendment and privacy law at Washington Uni…
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Jailed for a Facebook post: how US police target critics with arrest and prosecution
"“For a country that purports to be guided by democracy and guided by civil rights, this is a very dangerous and very slippery slope,” said Malkia Cyril, t…
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Facebook to Appeal Global Hate Speech Order in Austria
"According to Daphne Keller, a lawyer at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University, the Austrian ruling may be "dangerous and short-s…
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Facebook isn't doing enough to control violent posts, says expert
"However, Daphne Keller, the director of intermediary liability at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, questions whether machine monit…
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Crime, live on video: The beast Facebook can’t control
"Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, told Quartz Facebook’s turnaround time was actually quite…
Murder Video Again Raises Questions About How Facebook Handles Content
""Half the time it's, 'Oh no, Facebook didn't take something down, and we think that's terrible; they should have taken it down,'…
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The Cleveland killer wasn't the first to post a gruesome crime. Welcome to the dark side of sharing
"But as technology has advanced, it has been easier for criminals to have their voices heard, said Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at UC Davis. “This is ab…
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Facebook’s biggest challenge: actual reality
"“Social media companies need to think very carefully about what next steps they’re going to take,” said Malkia Cyril, executive director for the Center fo…
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A Murder Posted on Facebook Prompts Outrage and Questions Over Responsibility
"“Any of these platforms — especially live ones — encourages users to perform,” said Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California, Davis.…
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Facebook wanted ‘visceral’ live video. It’s getting live-streaming killers and suicides.
"“It's amazing how performative people are in their cruelty,” said Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor who has worked with Facebook…