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"How Brazil's Justice de Moraes Weaponized Liberal Philosophy and the First Amendment Against Free Speech"

An interesting post by Jacob Mchangama (Vanderbilt) and Jeff Kosseff (US Naval Academy). A brief excerpt: In 2019, Dias Toffoli,… The post "How Brazil's Justice de Moraes Weaponized Liberal Philosophy and the First Amendment Against Free Speech" appeared first on Reason.com.

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A police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom

Law enforcement officers raided the office of a local newspaper and a journalist's home. First Amendment experts are calling it a likely violation of federal law.

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Stephen L. Carter: Supreme Court’s social media ruling is a temporary reprieve

Did Big Tech just win big at the US Supreme Court? That seems to be the view of most commentators in the wake of Thursday’s unanimous decision in two cases that had the potential to challenge the so-called liability shield that protects internet service providers from liability for content posted…

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Explainer: Why Supreme Court tiptoeing past Section 230 helps Big Tech fueled by social media

Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models

The Independent UK

Will a $1.6bn defamation lawsuit finally stop Fox News from spreading lies?

Advertising boycotts don’t restrain the rightwing network, but the Dominion lawsuit may succeed in holding them to account

The Guardian - US

Section 230: the rule before the Supreme Court that made the modern internet, explained

The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday about whether the family of an ISIS terrorism victim from California can sue Google, whose YouTube algorithms, they say, helped extremists spread their message and attract recruits.

Chicago Sun-Times

What is Section 230, the rule that made the modern internet?

Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today

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Studies Find Conservatives More Committed to Free Speech Online, Federalism

Plus: Government regulation of speech is on trial, biohackers flock to experimental charter city in Honduras, and more…

Reason

Elon Musk claims he was doxxed. But what exactly is that?

When Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of several journalists with no explanation, the platform’s owner Elon Musk hinted at the possible reason: They allegedly doxxed him

The Independent UK

Michael Hiltzik: The Supreme Court holds the internet's fate in its hands, and you should be terrified

Almost no one noticed in 1996 when Congress gave online social media platforms sweeping legal immunity from what their users posted on them.

Los Angeles Times

In Defense of Online Anonymity

Jeff Kosseff's The United States of Anonymous makes a strong case for letting people hide behind the First Amendment.

Reason

Jeff Kosseff: Why Anonymous Speech Is Good—and Constitutional

The author of the definitive history of Section 230 is back with a controversial new book, The United States of Anonymous.

Reason

Jeff Kosseff Guest-Blogging About "The United States of Anonymous"

I'm delighted to report that Prof. Jeff Kosseff (U.S. Naval Academy) will be guest-blogging this week about his new book, The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment Shaped Online Speech. From the publisher's summary and jacket blurbs: In The United States of Anonymous, Jeff Kosseff explores how the…

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