This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: * Blog posts here at the CIS blog: part 1, part 2, par…
Last week, Apple announced several new security features: the ability to authenticate contacts in iMessage (reminiscent of Signal’s verification feature), suppo…
With the Supreme Court poised to rip away a constitutional right that’s been the law of the land for nearly half a century by overturning Roe v. Wade, it’s time…
Pretty much everyone wants better information about how platforms propagate and govern online speech. We are probably about to get it. A major pending EU law wi…
This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: * Blog posts here at the CIS blog: part 1, part 2, par…
This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: * Blog posts at the CIS blog: part 1, part 2, part 3,…
Laws regulating platforms can also regulate their users. Some laws may protect users, as privacy laws often do. Others, including many well-intentioned regulati…
Laws regulating platforms can also regulate their users. Some laws may protect users, as privacy laws often do. Others, including many well-intentioned regulati…
Social media finally pulled the plug on Donald Trump. Days after Trump incited a riot at the U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently banned the president from its pla…
Out of the 7.5 billion people on Earth, I’m guessing that approximately zero percent will be sad to see this benighted year come to an end. Looking back is too…
On September 30, Representatives Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the House version of the EARN IT Act (H.R.8454), which had previously bee…
"Cyber civil rights expert Danielle Citron, a School of Law professor of law, says Twitter should be credited with “trying to address hate speech in a cohe…