No Country Should be Making Speech Rules for the World
By Corynne McSherry It’s a simple proposition: no single country should be able to restrict speech across the entire internet. Any other approach invites a…
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Bring on the Publicity Trolls: Federal Appeal Court Ruling Drastically Undermines Online Speech
By Corynne McSherry In a disastrous ruling for online expression, innovation and competition, a federal appeals court has held that internet intermediaries are on the…
O (no!) Canada: Fast-moving Proposal Creates Filtering, Blocking and Reporting Rules—And Speech Police to Enforce Them
By Corynne McSherry and Katitza Rodriguez Policymakers around the world are contemplating a wide variety of proposals to address “harmful” online expression. Many of these…
Beyond Platforms: Private Censorship, Parler, and the Stack
By Jillian C. York, Corynne McSherry, and Danny O’Brien Last week, following riots that saw supporters of President Trump breach and sack parts of the…
The Executive Order Targeting Social Media Gets the FTC, Its Job, and the Law Wrong
By Corynne McSherry This is one of a series of blog posts about President Trump’s May 28 Executive Order. Other posts are here, here, and…
Bad News From the EU: High Court Blesses Global Internet Content Takedown Order
By Corynne McSherry The European Union seems to fallen in love with the idea of requiring service providers to edit the Internet, with predictable consequences…
Facebook’s Social Media Council Leaves Key Questions Unanswered
By Corynne McSherry and Kit Walsh Facebook took big step forward this week in its march to create an “oversight board” to help vet its…