08 Sep, 2020 Muting Misinformation: Resources for identifying and dealing with misinformation By Mark Sableman We may be on our own in the world of internet misinformation, but we don’t lack resources. An expert industry is developing about...
31 Aug, 2020 Muting Misinformation: Only you can prevent the spread of political untruths By Mark Sableman Political misinformation on the Internet is likely to continue, and our previous posts on laws, business practices and reforms have made...
24 Aug, 2020 Muting Misinformation: Can Congress legislate a solution? By Mark Sableman Existing U.S. laws don’t prevent misinformation on the Internet, as we have seen, nor do social media companies keep it off their...
17 Aug, 2020 Muting Misinformation: What’s the role of social media companies? By Mark Sableman Can we rely on social media companies to vet and clean up their content, so that misinformation doesn’t pollute the 2020 political...
10 Aug, 2020 Muting Misinformation: Can we sue to stop misleading political speech? By Mark Sableman As we enter the 2020 election season, Americans are likely to be flooded with misinformation and disinformation, particularly on social...
10 Jul, 2020 DOJ Section 230 report unintentionally highlights dangers of internet heckler’s vetoes By Mark Sableman The report of Attorney General William Barr’s Department of Justice on Section 230, the basic American internet law, takes an interesting...
29 May, 2020 Executive order targeting social media companies unlikely to change foundational internet law By Mark Sableman Don’t count on President Trump’s executive order overturning or significantly restricting the statute that has governed internet freedom...
06 Apr, 2020 InfoWars takedown over coronavirus misinformation illustrates value of Internet oversight By Mark Sableman Google’s recent removal of Alex Jones’ InfoWars from its Google Play service, because of false and misleading information it had been...
26 Nov, 2019 When politi-fact veers into politi-fiction, broadcast and internet advertising rules diverge sharply By Mark Sableman Should false and misleading political advertisements be published? More specifically, do publishers, broadcasters and social media...
26 Jun, 2019 Concerns about misinformation could lead to limits on key media freedoms By Mark Sableman Just about anyone can publish just about anything on the internet, without editing or censorship. That’s its glory. That’s also its...