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News of the Week; February 19, 2020

DIGITAL Amazon wins court injunction on controversial JEDI contract: Amazon’s suit argues it lost the deal because Trump personally hates Jeff Bezos. Who’s responsible for what you buy on Amazon? A court is about to decide Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to stop climate change The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President: How new […]

News of the Week; February 12, 2020

DIGITAL TikTok reportedly waited nearly 3 hours to call police in Brazil after a teen’s death was livestreamed on the platform, but the company notified its own PR team almost immediately When You Set Out To Block Misinformation, You Can Wind Up Blocking A Hero Like Li Wenliang Chinese Hacking Is Alarming. So Are Data […]

Class #6 2020 cohort

News of the Week; February 5, 2020

DIGITAL Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault on Regulating Foreign News Sites: “What’s the Big Deal?” (Michael Geist) Weak Walk-Back: Why Steven Guilbeault’s Reversal on Government Licensing News Sites Still Leaves a Huge Regulatory Structure in Place (Michael Geist) Video Excerpts Qualify as Fair Use (and Another 512(f) Claim Fails)–Hughes v. Benjamin (Eric Goldman) Twitter Suspends […]

Class #5 2020 cohort

News of the Week; January 29, 2020

DIGITAL YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Try To Crack Down On Coronavirus Conspiracies Here’s how Facebook plans to make final decisions about controversial content it’s taken down: The company announced details Tuesday about how what’s been called its “Supreme Court” for content moderation will work. Feds, states consider tag-teaming massive Google investigation Congressional Committee Pens Letter Urging […]

Class #4 2020 cohort

News of the Week; January 22, 2020

DIGITAL San Francisco Pride Members Have Voted To Ban YouTube From This Year’s Parade Anonymous Internet Posters Not Immune To Default Judgment Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’: Especially when the Morality Police get acquired. Facebook Still Isn’t Obligated to Publish Russian Troll Content–FAN v. Facebook (Eric Goldman) Who is right […]

Class #3 2020 cohort

News of the Week: January 15, 2020

DIGITAL Indian Supreme Court finds 150-day Internet blackout in Kashmir illegal India’s Supreme Court Declares Country’s 5 Month Internet Blackout Illegal Instagram is taking down posts supporting slain Iranian general Soleimani Instagram Now Placing Warnings Over Posts Deemed To Contain “False Information” China: Privacy, Security and Content Regulation to Increase in 2020 Brazil supreme court […]