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daphnek.bsky.social
Director of Program on Platform Regulation, Stanford CPC. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues. I've done this stuff for a long time and am getting kind of cranky about it.
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New (to me) information: Apparently Rumble did previously block Brazil. Now I think they are telling the court it’s impossible to do so without suspending service globally. Am I missing something here? x.com/chrispavlovs...

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Blog Post: Big YouTube Channel Gets TRO Against Being Targeted by DMCA Copyright Takedown Notices–Invisible Narratives v. Next Level Apps blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...

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DOJ investigating a Dem Member of Congress for his clearly metaphorical reference to weapons on CNN. That’s quite a reversal. Time to dial up enforcement against “violent language” at Meta and other Trust and Safety teams guided by MAGA preferences du jour. www.newsweek.com/doj-sends-ro...

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This newsletter post is really good. It requires a subscription though.

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I had missed this: ND Cal ruling that OF COURSE AI-assisted content moderation is immunized by Section 230. Also the court declined to apply the 2024 9th Circuit Calise and Yolo cases broadly. (Those cases were kind of bonkers IMO.) www.sociallyawareblog.com/topics/north...

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How can we simultaneously (1) fear foreign manipulation of public discourse enough to BAN TIKTOK, and also (2) completely dismantle the parts of the government that protect us from that manipulation??

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In Google's global takedown case, it got N.C. Cal to issue the kind of order Trump seeks, declaring non-enforceability in the U.S. The Canadian court characterized that order, and its (non)consequences, succinctly:

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Just to be clear on the big picture: It is outrageous for Brazilian courts to order global removal of political speech that is legal in other countries. It is also outrageous for Trump to ask a U.S. court for an order telling a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice what he can and can't do.

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