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#onlinespeech — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #onlinespeech, aggregated by home.social.

  1. The #USStateDepartment barred five #Europe|ans, including leaders of organisations addressing #digitalhate and a former #EUcommissioner, accusing them of pressuring #UStech firms to #censor #Americanviewpoints. This action is part of the #Trump administration’s campaign against #foreigninfluence over #onlinespeech, utilising immigration law. The five individuals were identified by the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, Sarah Rogers. apnews.com/article/state-depar #tech #media #news

  2. Nigel Farage warns Americans about online speech risks after UK arrest of Irish writer

    WASHINGTON (TNND) — Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom’s right-wing Reform Party, shared a warning to American…
    #NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #Anti-transgenderrhetoric #arrest #FreeSpeech #GB #GrahamLineham #GreatBritain #NigelFarage #onlinesafetyact #Onlinespeech #UK
    newsbeep.com/uk/114417/

  3. Elon Musk’s X may succeed in blocking Calif. content moderation law on appeal - Enlarge (credit: Marc Piasecki / Contributor | Getty Images Entertainme... - arstechnica.com/?p=2037997 #contentmoderation #freespeechrights #firstamendment #onlinespeech #california #elonmusk #twitter #policy #xcorp #x

  4. The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment Shaped Online Speech

    In The United States of Anonymous, Jeff Kosseff explores how the right to anonymity has shaped American values, politics, business, security, and discourse, particularly as technology has enabled people to separate their identities from their communications.

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  5. As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit - Enlarge (credit: Anadolu Agency / Contributor | Anadolu Agency)

    ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1965377 #anti-defamationleague #onlineadvertising #onlinecensorship #antisemitism #onlinespeech #elonmusk #twitter #policy #x

  6. The Future of #OnlineSpeech Shouldn’t Belong to One #Trump-#Appointed #Judge in #Louisiana nytimes.com/2023/07/13/opinion Judge Terry A. Doughty did his best to cover his tracks. The 155-page opinion, which could hinder govts efforts to counter #false, #misleading online speech about issues like #electioninterference, #vaccine afety, is laced w lofty references to George Orwell. quotes from Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, making it more reminiscent of a #civicsessay than a federal #judicialopinion.

  7. The First Amendment meets social media: Over the course of two years, a musician received a number of menacing Facebook messages. In what could be a landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court is now attempting to decide if these were "true threats" and what this means for online speech: theverge.com/2023/4/19/2368638

    supremecourt.gov/oral_argument

    #OnlineSpeech

  8. This week, the #SupremeCourt will hear two cases — Gonzalez v. #Google and #Twitter v. Taamneh — that give it an opportunity to drastically change the rules of #OnlineSpeech. Both cases deal with how #OnlinePlatforms have handled terrorist content. And both have sparked deep concerns about the future of #ContentModeration, #algorithms and #censorship. engadget.com/two-supreme-court #Internet #InternetLaw #SocialMedia