Consultation For Your Reputation

Month: November 2021

What Paul’s Reading – Week of 11/19/21

Each week Paul shares a list of the articles he’s been reading over the course of the last week. Here are the articles for the week of November 219, 2021. https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/271701556/kings-of-defamation-porter-laming-barilaro-dutton-et-al https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-apprentice-contestant-abruptly-drops-trump-defamation-suit-n1283842 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/online-citizen-toc-terry-xu-editor-writer-criminal-defamation-2308961 https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/companies/bantu-holomisa-defamation-case-postponed-so-mpati-commission-evidence-can-be-included-8cf97340-a39d-4d40-88fb-9881f5439613

Is Section 230 operating as intended?

Section 230 protects social media platforms from liability for content users post, but it also allows them to moderate potentially harmful content as they see fit. These dual protections have allowed for the innovation and growth of social media companies; however this law is often criticized. Politicians seem to disagree on whether it invites too much content moderation, or not enough.…