Public Forum - January 2024 - Repealing Section 230

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Time Stamps

What is Section 230? 3:47

What Happens if We Repeal? 12:22

PRO - Improves Content Moderation 19:49

PRO - Fights Misinformation 27:17

PRO - 230 Prevents Moderation 34:54

PRO - 230 Grossly Overprotects 38:59

CON - Repeal Crushes Free Speech 45:42

CON - Repeal Destroys Content Moderation 48:55

CON - Repeal Hurts Disadvantaged 54:07

CON - Amend, Don’t End? 1:05:12

Sources Cited

Jacob Heath and others, Orrick (Law Firm) (2023), US Supreme Court’s Take on Section 230: https://www.orrick.com/en/Insights/2023/06/US-Supreme-Courts-Take-on-Section-230

Derek Bambauer, Brookings (2021), What does the day after Section 230 reform look like? https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-does-the-day-after-section-230-reform-look-like/

Paul M. Barrett, NYU Stern Center (2020), Who Moderates the Social Media Giants?
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b6df958f8370af3217d4178/t/5ed9854bf618c710cb55be98/1591313740497/NYU+Content+Moderation+Report_June+8+2020.pdf

Abby Wallace, Maddyness.com (2021),Why Facebook’s content moderation system doesn’t work : https://www.maddyness.com/uk/2021/10/22/why-facebooks-content-moderation-system-doesnt-work/

Ina Fried, Axios (2023), Facebook’s content-review black hole: https://www.axios.com/2023/06/22/facebook-content-moderation-black-hole-human-review

Mark Zahn, ABC News (2022), Supreme Court takes case on content policing: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/supreme-court-takes-case-content-policing-impact-social/story?id=90933115

Kevin Zhou, UC San Diego (2022): https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2xv1b445

Vanessa Otero, Cornell Policy Review, What Social Media Platforms Should Do About Misinformation and Polarization: http://www.cornellpolicyreview.com/what-social-media-platforms-should-do-about-misinformation-and-polarization/?pdf=6108

Gabriel R. Sanchez and Keesha Middlemass, Brookings (2022), Misinformation is eroding the public’s confidence in democracy: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/misinformation-is-eroding-the-publics-confidence-in-democracy/

David Bauder and others, AP (April 2023), Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement : https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-trial-trump-2020-0ac71f75acfacc52ea80b3e747fb0afe

Lee Moran, Huffington Post (Dec. 2023), Fox News Host Cuts Into Donald Trump Speech To Correct ‘Many Untruths’: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-host-donald-trump-speech_n_656d9112e4b0f3e5f449f0a1

Congressional Research Service (Sept. 2022), Free Speech Challenges to Florida and Texas Social Media Laws: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10748

Georgia Wells, Wall Street Journal (2021), Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739

Damien Gayle, The Guardian (2021), Facebook aware of Instagram’s harmful effect on teenage girls: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/14/facebook-aware-instagram-harmful-effect-teenage-girls-leak-reveals

The Addiction Center, How Social Media Affects The Brain:
https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/social-media-addiction/

Aaron Terr, FIRE (2023), Why repealing or weakening Section 230 is a very bad idea: https://www.thefire.org/news/why-repealing-or-weakening-section-230-very-bad-idea

Will Duffield, Cato Institute (2021), Repealing Section 230 Would Limit Americans’ Speech: https://www.cato.org/commentary/repealing-section-230-would-limit-americans-speech

Alan Rozenshtein, Brookings (2023), Interpreting the Ambiguities of Section 230: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/interpreting-the-ambiguities-of-section-230/

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams (2020), Critics Warn Repeal of Section 230 'Would Be Devastating for Human Rights, Social Movements, and Marginalized People': https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/30/critics-warn-repeal-section-230-would-be-devastating-human-rights-social-movements

Jason Murdock, Newsweek (2020): https://www.newsweek.com/section-230-changes-twitter-facebook-backfire-republicans-donald-trump-1539790

Jennifer Huddleston, Cato (2022), the role of section 230 in fostering competition and protecting smaller platforms: https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2022-01/policy-analysis-922.pdf

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Section 230 Success Case - Wikipedia: https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230/successes/wikipedia

Tate Ryan-Mosley, Technology Review (2023), How the Supreme Court ruling on Section 230 could end Reddit as we know it: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/01/1067520/supreme-court-section-230-gonzalez-reddit/

Nandita Bose et al., Reuters (2020), describing proposed PACT Act to reform Section 230: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-section-230/senators-propose-reform-to-key-u-s-tech-liability-shield-idUSKBN23V2V3/

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