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The Feds Are Talking to Social Media Companies Again
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoFor instance, when then–White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield suggested tinkering with Section 230—the federal law that protects online...
No Section 230 Defense Attempt by Trump in Connection With Gag Order Violations? | JD Supra
JD Supra· 4 days agoIt might not have been successful, but query why Trump didn't argue Section 230 shields him from liability for reposts under Section ...
Is Social Media Big Tobacco 2.0? Suits Over the Impact on Teens
Bloomberg Law· 2 days agoIs social media to blame for the decline in teen mental health? Hundreds of lawsuits argue that they are. But can the claims get past Section 230, big tech ...
Analysis | A college professor wants to use Section 230 against Big Tech
Washington Post· 2 days agoThe law has long shielded tech giants. Ethan Zuckerman’s lawsuit wields it against Meta.
JD Supra: Social Links: April 2024
JD Supra· 5 days agoAs we reported in 2023, Utah was the first state in the nation to enact laws limiting minors’ use of social media. In early March 2024, Republican Governor Spencer Cox effectively repealed and ...
Truth Social: Trump’s new social network will benefit from the very law he tried to destroy
AOL· 2 days agoFormer President Trump has unveiled his long-discussed plans for his own social network. Trump’s...
Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook
Ars Technica· 16 hours agoEthan Zuckerman wants to release a tool that would allow Facebook users to control what appears in their newsfeeds. The tool is nearly ready to be released, Zuckerman told Ars, but the University ...
Opinion | I Love Facebook. That’s Why I’m Suing Meta.
New York Times· 5 days agoMr. Zuckerman is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst,...
Lawsuit against Meta asks if Facebook users have right to control their feeds using external tools
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoDo social media users have the right to control what they see — or don't see — on their feeds? A...
Sex traffickers lurk on dating apps while Congress urged to force safety changes
The Washington Times· 1 day agoHuman traffickers are using popular dating apps to lure users into forced labor or sex work, and outside groups are urging Congress to impose safety standards. “Offenders often exploit dating ...