Internet

Content Moderation Remedies

Sometimes users' online content or actions violate Internet service providers’ rules. Services should moderate content effectively, but should also promote free expression, competition, and community.

Twenty Years of U.S. Digital Copyright: Adapting from Analog

From 2001 to 2021, digital technologies have challenged U.S. copyright law. Key copyright concepts affected include the scope of exclusive rights, fair use, and liability of online service providers for infringement.

Online Public Health Misinformation, and How to Tame It

Public health misinformation (PHM) causes substantial harm. Online platforms’ efforts to combat PHM are not sufficiently effective. “Soft” regulation such as governmental codes of conduct could help control PHM.

Creating a Platform for Costless Personalization in Clothing

A case study of Threadless reveals the importance of co-inventions combining understanding of technology with business processes. Threadless creates digital dark matter, benefits that cannot easily by measured.

Leveraging Value Creation to Drive the Growth of B2B Platforms

Some assume that Business-to-Business (B2B) platforms are similar to Business-to-Consumer (B2C) platforms. However, the needs of B2B consumers are more complex. B2B platforms create value differently than B2C platforms.

Auditing Google's Search Headlines as a Potential Gateway to Misleading Content: Evidence from the 2020 U.S. Election

An audit of Google search results shows that videos promoted more election-related misinformation than news stories or ads. Users’ choice of search terms affected the quality of information displayed.

The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age

Intimate privacy concerns the extent to which others may access information about our health, sexuality, gender, and close relationships. The law does not adequately protect intimate privacy.

Memes on Memes and the New Creativity

Memes challenge basic assumptions underlying copyright law. Creators of memes want to be copied. Creators may use copyright selectively to prevent changes to a meme by a select few.

The First Amendment Does Not Protect Replicants

Often, the Constitution protects speech from censorship even if the speaker is not human. However, the Constitution may not bar all regulation of speech created by artificial intelligence-based systems (AI).

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Technology Trust Gap

Pandemic responses were hindered by lack of public trust in information technology. The public was reluctant to use contact tracing apps because of inadequate privacy protection.