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AI Creations: Legally Protected?
Imagine you just purchased a painting from Sotheby’s called Portrait of Edmond Belamy (“Portrait”) for $432,500. Portrait was AI-generated. Your neighbor Jim ta…
Intermediary Liability
Study on Dynamic Blocking Injunctions in the European Union (EUIPO)
(with Olexandr Bulayenko) On the basis of the analysis of norms, cases and practices in the EU and 12+1 selected Member States (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Fran…
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Some Humility About Transparency
I am a huge fan of transparency about platform content moderation. I’ve considered it a top policy priority for years, and written about it in detail (with Padd…
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Empirical Evidence of Over-Removal by Internet Companies Under Intermediary Liability Laws: An Updated List
NOTE: This is an expanded version of an older post. I’ve added seven additional studies since the original version, most recently with the help of Max Levy. Th…
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Six Constitutional Hurdles for Platform Speech Regulation
Laws regulating platforms can also regulate their users. Some laws may protect users, as privacy laws often do. Others, including many well-intentioned regulati…
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Six Constitutional Hurdles for Platform Speech Regulation
Laws regulating platforms can also regulate their users. Some laws may protect users, as privacy laws often do. Others, including many well-intentioned regulati…
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“Tool Without A Handle: Spirituality, Virtue, and Technology Ethics - Part 2”
This post visits some additional concepts of virtue found in Christian teaching supplementing concepts from other traditions such as Aristotle (natural law trad…
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Banning Trump from Twitter and Facebook isn’t nearly enough
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…
Taking Fundamental Rights Seriously in the Digital Service Act’s Platform Liability Regime
(with Christophe Geiger) This study highlights how the fundamental rights framework should inform the liability regime of platforms foreseen in secondary EU la…
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What Will 2021 Hold for Tech Policy?
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…
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“Tool Without A Handle: Spirituality, Virtue, and Technology Ethics”
“Tool Without A Handle: Spirituality, Virtue, and Technology Ethics” "If one loves righteousness, whose works are virtues,She teaches moderation and prud…
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House Introduces EARN IT Act Companion Bill, Somehow Manages to Make It Even Worse
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…