A Review of the “Final” CCPA Regulations from the CA Attorney General
…detailed transparency reports about their privacy operations. The final statement of reasons justified this new obligation by claiming (1) the transparency reports would act as diagnostics to help the DOJ…
Americans Would Probably Love Section 230—If They Understood It (Cross-Post)
…of data to digest and debate. As part of preparing the report, the Knight Foundation asked several grant recipients (which includes me) to provide some commentary about the survey findings….
The CCPA Proposed Regs’ Data Valuation Calculation Provisions Provide Flexibility, But Raise Ambiguity & Transparency Concerns
…better yet, profit-based calculations. Facebook previously reported annual revenue per US user is about $130, but the global average goes down to $25. The DVC’s catchall provision bears repeating, because…
Fox News Is a Flaming Pile of Garbage, But You Can’t Sue Them for That–WASHLITE v. Fox News
…that Tucker Carlson’s audience doesn’t expect him to report the facts.”] In late Winter 2020, Fox News–for weeks–loudly denigrated the risks associated with COVID-19 (even as Fox News treated the…
My Galley by CJR Interview on Trump’s Anti-Section 230 Executive Order
…their online ad dollars, and it orders the reports submitted to last year’s “Tech Bias Reporting” tool (most of which are likely dubious) to other agencies for their possible review….
Trump’s “Preventing Online Censorship” Executive Order Is Pro-Censorship Political Theater
…interpret Section 230. Section 3 instructs federal agencies to report on their online advertising. It also asks the DOJ to do something with those reports. Section 4 says it’s the…
Court Sends Google Assistant Privacy Lawsuit Back for a Redo
…the communications at issue are private. Plaintiffs pointed to a news report that false accepts captured sensitive conversations such as those occurring in the bedroom and those with children. However,…
High School Can’t Expel Student for Sharing Memes in Private Snapchat Conversation–JS v. Manheim Township School District
…without any further analysis, basically telling the school district to reread the district court’s opinion. According to a local news report, the school district’s insurance carrier covered the appeal costs,…
Another Suspended Twitter User Loses in Court–Wilson v. Twitter
…reportedly used derogatory slurs for homosexuality, was reached in the course of a traditional editorial function—namely deciding what type of content to publish.” Thus, Section 230 applies to the suspension….
2H 2019 and Q1 2020 Quick Links, Part 7 (Content Moderation, Censorship, Defamation, & More)
…AI in Online Content Moderation 2019 Report (Produced on Behalf of OFCOM) * Washington Post: Content moderators at YouTube, Facebook and Twitter see the worst of the web — and…