The ban on online speech intended to and reasonably likely to (among other things) "annoy," the court says, is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.…
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What the Battle To Publish Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' Means to Today's Free-Speech Struggles
Posted on 5th June 2019What the Battle To Publish Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' Means to Today's Free-Speech Struggles (Reason.com) But is the era of free speech ending? Everywhere we look, it seems, there are more and more attempts to shut down offensive and provocative speech. Sometimes, this is done in the name of protecting kids or the sensibilities of marginalized ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities. Other times, calls for censorship are made in the name of protecting the political process from "dark money" or foreign…
Will Social Media's Active Algorithmic Moderation Lead To 1984? by In Homeland Security Staff, Author at In Homeland Security In a world not that distant from 1984’s dystopia, social companies are rushing to install algorithmic moderation that would monitor our every word and delete any nonconforming views before we have the chance to share them. More importantly, Facebook recently noted the importance of it being able to log every violation of its thought rules and archiving a copy of the…
