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The Internet as a Speech Conversion Machine and Other Myths Confounding Section 230 Reform Efforts
Policymakers are now revisiting the responsibility of online platforms for harmful content. Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), online platforms are immune from liability for content posted by users.
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Danielle Citron, Mary Anne Franks |
2020 |
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A Global System of Work, A Global System of Regulation?: Crowdwork and Conflicts of Law
Digital platforms that post tasks for completion by online workers are popular world-wide. Courts must consider how local labor laws should be applied to remote workers and platforms based in other nations.
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Miriam A. Cherry |
2019 |
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Restricting Speech to Protect It
Attitudes to cyber harassment have changed. Lawmakers, law enforcement officers, and the public recognize that online stalking, threats, and “revenge porn” interferes with victim’s ability to speak and engage online.
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Danielle Citron |
2019 |
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More Than Money: Correlation Among Worker Demographics, Motivations, and Participation in Online Labor Market
Demographic factors such as age, gender, education and income sources explain participation in online labor markets such as Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Men and women feel equal pressure to earn money, but schedule work differently.
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Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri, Wei-Chu Chen |
2019 |
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The Economics of Markets and Platforms
Some economic models omit intermediaries, entrepreneurs, and other key factors in dynamic markets. The study of platforms like eBay and Etsy leads to the development of more realistic economic models.
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Daniel Spulber |
2019 |
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Speech Across Borders
Several courts have ordered online service providers to take down content worldwide. Other rules restrict speech depending on the nationality and location of the speaker. Tech firms also curate content on a global scale.
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Jennifer Daskal |
2019 |
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Borders and Bits
Governments seek to regulate and access data stored outside of their traditional territorial limits. Private multinational companies that process data have become key players in shaping privacy and free speech rights.
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Jennifer Daskal |
2018 |
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Free Speech is a Triangle
Increasingly, nation-states censor speakers by co-opting the expertise of internet-based businesses like Google. Defending free speech means resisting this type of censorship, and protecting users from manipulative uses of data.
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Jack M. Balkin |
2018 |
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AT&T Shellacs the Government in Time Warner Merger Case
In June of 2018, United States District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled that government failed to provide enough evidence to enjoin the merger of AT&T with Time Warner.
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Randal Picker |
2018 |
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Rendering Sensible Salient
Technological changes threaten democracy, producing polarization and fragmentation. Deliberative conventions of ordinary citizens could help restore a common understanding of issues.
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Lawrence Lessig |
2018 |