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Assuming Good Faith Online
Many online service providers assume that users act in good faith in posting content online. As the online population grows and bad actors multiply, this assumption is hard to sustain.
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Eric Goldman |
2022 |
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Misreading Campbell: Lessons for Warhol
Rereading the case in which the Supreme Court first recognized transformative fair use could help the Supreme Court resolve tension between derivative rights and transformative fair use in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith.
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Peter Menell, Shyamkrishna Balganesh |
2022 |
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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.
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Woodrow Hartzog, Christo Wilson, David Choffnes, Johanna Gunawan |
2021 |
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It’s Time to Update Section 230
The 1996 Communications Decency Act (CDA) makes online platforms immune from liability for harmful content posted by third parties. Platforms should enjoy immunity only if the platform takes reasonable steps to prevent harm.
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Marshall Van Alstyne, Michael D. Smith |
2021 |
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Misinformation?
Policymakers and the public struggle to navigate misinformation about topics like climate change, COVID, and politics. Disinformation campaigns and ideological convictions are harder to fight than ordinary mistaken beliefs.
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Kate Starbird, Chris Coward, M. Ryan Calo, Emma Spiro, Jevin West |
2021 |
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Digital Addiction
A study of smartphone use shows that consumers’ excessive use of smartphones and social media may result from digital addiction. Self-control tools reduce usage and improve well-being.
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Matthew Gentzkow, Hunt Allcott, Lena Song |
2021 |
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Legal Internalism in Modern Histories of Copyright
Process concerns, including formal registration requirements and the rule of law, are important to copyright lawyers and policymakers. Recent histories of copyright law neglect these procedural elements.
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Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Taisu Zhang |
2021 |
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Cybersecurity Hiring in Response to Data Breaches
Data on firm-level hiring shows that firms increase hiring of cybersecurity workers following data breaches, particularly when the press covers the breach.
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Erik Brynjolfsson, Sarah Bana, Sebastian Steffen, Wang Jin, Xiupeng Wang |
2021 |
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Anticipatory News Infrastructures: Seeing Journalism’s Expectations of Future Publics in Its Sociotechnical Systems
The news media expects certain types of news and certain types of public life; these expectations can affect outcomes, if people cannot imagine alternatives to the futures described by the press.
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Mike Ananny, Megan Finn |
2020 |
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Cross-Country Trends in Affective Polarization
Political polarization in several countries, including the United States, is increasing. Key factors include increasing polarization among elite political party members and the spread of cable news services.
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Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse Shapiro, Levi Boxell |
2020 |