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Indian protesters hold placards as they gather during a 'Not in my name' silent protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on June 28, 2017, following a spate anti-Muslim killings.

Facebook Oversight Board Should Hear the India Hate Speech Case

The panel might be ready to start work in October, and it is not too late for it to weigh in on this. The global information environment demands it.
A collage of Michael Cohen and Donald Trump

Top Experts: DOJ’s Bureau of Prison Blocking Michael Cohen Book about Trump Violates First Amendment

On Thursday morning, Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer and fixer, was returned to prison. Many readers like myself may have passed over the headlines for this particular…
Former National Security adviser John Bolton speaks on stage during a public discussion at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina on February 17, 2020.

Notes on John Bolton’s Brief Opposing the Government’s Motion to Enjoin Publication of His Book

Late last night, John Bolton filed his brief in opposition to the government’s motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. 
National Security Advisor John Bolton and Donald Trump

Questions for the Government in the Bolton Book TRO Hearing(s)

Goldsmith and Lederman deliver up a series of questions that will expose the strengths and weaknesses of the government's claims.

Assessing the Government’s Lawsuit Against John Bolton [UPDATED after Wednesday’s filing of a TRO motion]

An explainer about some common misconceptions, and how the litigation will likely play out.
Trump’s tweet from May 29th. Twitter marked the tweet with a banner reading, “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible. Learn more” The tweet itself is not shown in this image.

Ignore Trump’s Twitter Tantrum Executive Order and Address Disinformation Instead

The solution is not to give government or platforms more power to make opaque, arbitrary decisions on content, but to help users protect themselves.
Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Executive Order Targets Twitter, Capitalizing on Right-Wing Grievance

Even if it doesn't lead to action, the threat of regulatory pressure aims to bully social media companies into continuing their hands-off approach to Trump.
Employees work in Facebook's "War Room," during a media demonstration on October 17, 2018, in Menlo Park, California.

Facebook’s Oversight Board: A Meaningful Turn Toward International Human Rights Standards?

That depends on how it will weigh Facebook’s community standards and values against global norms in its content-moderation decisions.
3D rendering of people icons and threads connecting them.

The Republic of Facebook

This board, for content moderation, may be part of the answer to problems of online speech and censorship. But U.N. Special Rapporteur David Kaye explains that it is only one part.
Protesters demonstrate against Facebook policies in Algeria in front of Facebook's headquarters in Paris on November 14, 2019.

The Facebook Oversight Board: An Experiment in Self-Regulation

It's not a "Supreme Court," as Mark Zuckerberg suggested, but it might be the most interesting development in social media self-regulation in a decade.
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A District Court Endorses a Broken Prepublication Review System

Last week, a district court in Maryland dismissed a constitutional challenge to the system of prior restraints that prohibits millions of former intelligence agency employees from…
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An Ambitious Reading of Facebook’s Content Regulation White Paper

How might we move toward accountability in the face of irreconcilable clashes between Rights-era and Public Health-era values, particularly given the serious practical and civil…
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