Section 230

Meta & YouTube Lose Major Case — What Happens Next?

Meta & YouTube Found Negligent: A Turning Point for Big Tech?

| | Age Verification, Algorithm Addiction, Behavioral Data Tracking, Big Tech Accountability, Cybersecurity, Data Brokers, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Jury Verdict, Kids And Technology, machine learning, Mental Health, Meta, Platform Liability, Podcast, Privacy, Section 230, social media, surveillance, The Social Dilemma, Weekly Edition, YouTube
A landmark jury verdict has found Meta and YouTube negligent in a social media addiction case, raising major questions about platform accountability and legal protections under Section 230. This episode covers the ...
Shared Security Podcast
Red Pilling of Politics - Court Strikes Down California Law on Political Deepfakes

Red Pilling of Politics – Court Strikes Down California Law on Political Deepfakes

| | AB 2655, AI and elections, AI content moderation, AI content removal, ai ethics, AI in politics, AI Regulation, AI transparency, AI video manipulation, AI-generated audio, AI-generated misinformation, AI-generated political content, California deepfake law, CDA 230, CDA immunity, compelled speech, deepfake governance, deepfake legislation, deepfake liability, deepfake policy, Digital Deception, election interference, federal preemption, first amendment, Free Speech, Kohls v. Bonta, misinformation law, Morpheus red pill metaphor, online speech regulation, political AI speech, political deepfakes, political satire law, Section 230, TAKEDOWN Act
California’s AB 2655 aimed to fight AI-generated political deepfakes, but a federal court struck it down under Section 230, highlighting the clash between free speech and AI regulation ...
Security Boulevard
The Controversial Kids Online Safety Act: Protecting Children or Censoring the Internet? #podcast

Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA): Protecting Kids or Censorship?

| | Age Verification Laws, Child protection, Controversial Legislation, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Digital Rights, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Episodes, Free Expression, Government Oversight, Information Security, Infosec, internet censorship, Internet Regulations, Kids Online Safety Act, KOSA, mass surveillance, Mental Health Online, Online Legislation, online privacy, online safety, Parental Responsibility, Podcast, Podcasts, Political Analysis, Privacy, Section 230, security, Social Media Policies, social media regulation, Tech platforms, technology, Weekly Edition
In this episode, we explore the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a controversial bill aimed at protecting children online. Joined by co-host Scott Wright, we discuss the potential implications of KOSA, including ...
Shared Security Podcast
court Twitter privacy

The Internet’s Future at Stake (Really!) as Supreme Court Takes Up Provider Immunity

| | Cyberlaw, Internet, Section 230, social media, Supreme Court
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” Those 26 words helped create the ...
Security Boulevard
SDN, security, social engineering, attacks, media Media cybersecurity

Fourth Circuit Could Weaken Social Media’s 230 Protections

| | Communications Decency Act (CDA), disinformation, fake news, Misinformation, Section 230, social media
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides broad immunity for entities that publish and disseminate information—even inaccurate information from third parties. It reflects the judgment of Congress—affirmed by the courts repeatedly—that ...
Security Boulevard
DOJ Section 230

Section 230 Update: DOJ, Sen. Hawley Propose Limiting Online Platforms’ Protections

| | Communications Decency Act (CDA), Department of Justice (DOJ), General, law enforcement, Section 230
On June 17, 2020, in a 28-page report released on the topic of online platform liability, the U.S. Department of Justice proposed four material modifications of Section 230 of the CDA: Narrowing ...
Law across the wire and into the cloud

Shmoocon 2020 – Cathy Gellis’ ‘Think Of The Kitten’

| | 0xdade, Conferences, Information Security, Section 230, Shmoocon 2020
Thanks to 0xdade for publishing these outstanding Shmoocon 2020 Convention videos via the 0xdade YouTube channel and the 0xdade Shmoocon 2020 Playlist for everyone to view, learn and, of course, enjoy. Permalink ...
Infosecurity.US
encryption, IT platform, enterprise encryption

Encryption Wars, Part IV: Barr vs. Big Tech

| | Attorney General, Communications Decency Act, encryption standards, FBI, Privacy, Section 230
Will AG Barr succeed in his fight to empower the U.S. government with the ability to break strong encryption against tech companies? U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr once again is decrying the ...
Security Boulevard