Posts by jkosseff@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AQk5m2L9bnIAqfCZwu by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-18T19:03:22Z
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If you’re really that angry about Twitter’s new policies, you might consider *not* providing Twitter with new content, no matter how amazed you are by a soccer game.
(DIR) Post #AQk5m2ovp56yL18MMa by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-18T19:11:10Z
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“I’m so angry at Elon Musk that I will write for him free of charge and allow him to continue to claim record traffic levels.”
(DIR) Post #AQk5m3KpuSdFvy3q5o by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-18T19:12:10Z
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I realize that Twitter remains the best way for journalists to promote their work, but eventually there needs to be a breaking point.
(DIR) Post #AR2NeurmIFK1f6UieG by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T03:08:17Z
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Regarding the Twitter files and, in particular, White House and FBI flagging content/users. When it rises to a 1A violation depends on whether the government used coercion. And what coercion is from a legal standpoint is not always clearcut, particularly due to a somewhat inconsistent line of cases that Genevieve Lakier nicely summarizes here. https://www.lawfareblog.com/informal-government-coercion-and-problem-jawboning
(DIR) Post #AR2NevLuUDQPAYamcC by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T03:13:34Z
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Everyone should worry if a government official uses the power of federal law enforcement or regulation to coerce a platform to take down speech. At the same time, the government can be a participant in the speech marketplace (including criticizing people). The problem is that we have very blurry lines as to what is acceptable. While more modern 1A lines will emerge with caselaw, this also is something where statutes could play a role in bringing clarity.
(DIR) Post #AR2Nevoyk8g2ciBzvM by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T03:57:21Z
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One of the strongest potential cases of jawboning comes not from anything we’ve seen in the Twitter files, but from the public statements of some members of Congress over the past few years, threatening to change/repeal 230 unless platforms change how they moderate constitutionally protected speech.
(DIR) Post #AR2NewIkxQUq747mL2 by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T04:00:25Z
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This press release and bill, when accompanied by the senators’ complaints about the disinformatiom dozen, are not great. https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2021/7/klobuchar-luj-n-introduce-legislation-to-hold-digital-platforms-accountable-for-vaccine-and-other-health-related-misinformation
(DIR) Post #AR2NewidPDCFPKERfs by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T13:31:56Z
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I’m still getting used to Mastodon, but so far the quality of conversation is impressive. The responses in this thread are more thoughtful and nuanced than I have seen on Twitter in the past few years.
(DIR) Post #AR60K3R1ih5fqGuA9g by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-29T00:03:08Z
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Paying $10.60 to access a few court briefs on PACER is awful. When those briefs are in a First Amendment right of public access case, we're also in Alanis-level irony territory.
(DIR) Post #AR8GQiumOpmSAeMtdY by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2022-12-30T12:28:19Z
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Everything is a content moderation problem. I subscribe to an overnight oats mail-order service that has a lot of cool flavors. The company has a *very* loyal 14k-member Facebook group that is perhaps a bit too passionate about oats. People suggest new oat flavors and face insane ad hominem attacks that you don't even see on political boards. Somehow there is a furious debate about illegal drugs. This poor company is spending a ton of time on moderation rather than...I don't know, making oats.
(DIR) Post #ARkCDl54Xz7mHuT6zg by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T19:27:01Z
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Only the crowded theater can draw me back to Twitter, which is a crowded dumpster fire. https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/17/democrat-lawmaker-falsely-free-speech-disinformation-panel/
(DIR) Post #ARkCFjv3pvCVGTjLxw by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2023-01-10T12:11:20Z
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First day of the semester! The only logical way to start a cyber law class.
(DIR) Post #ARm5w6djRReEWxndqa by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2023-01-18T17:27:36Z
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Please judge my forthcoming book by its cover, because I absolutely love it! Out this fall.
(DIR) Post #AYkQ1uX1qzwGGmyIRE by jkosseff@mastodon.social
2023-07-28T13:59:16Z
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It’s here! The first printing of my book, which reflects more than two years of research, writing, rewriting, worrying, and more rewriting.