Technology Law & Policy Blog
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It’s hard to believe we’re almost at the end of Q3. As you can tell, I’m quite behind with this Q2 Legal Advocacy update… I love speaking about these topics! For press / speaking inquiries, I can be reached at jess@progresschamber.org Publications Amicus Briefs Letters Press Panels & Other Speaking Opportunities Podcasts
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One of the many aspects of my job at Chamber of Progress that I greatly enjoy is being on the front-lines again, advocating for the Internet and progressive tech policy. The recent SCOTUS social media cases (Gonzalez v. Google & Twitter v. Taamneh), presented my first opportunity, since I was at Google, to get back…
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The following reflects my own personal opinions, not those of my past, current, or future employers. If you came to this post hoping to find an anti-Google screed, you’ll be quite disappointed. In this post, I’ll provide an honest recap of what I loved about my time at Google and also why I chose to…
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This is a recap of all the talks, presentations, and publications I’ve done this year. This year was especially interesting for me given my recent switch to a career in public policy. Like with any public facing role, it is often difficult to cleave your personal and academic profile from your professional profile. In other…
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SECTION 230 Utah’s Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Terrible, Censorial ‘Free Speech’ Bill Is A Disaster In The Making A month ago, we noted that a bunch of state legislatures were pushing blatantly unconstitutional bills to try to argue that social media websites can’t moderate “conservative” views any more. All of these bills are unconstitutional,…
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A round-up of tech policy news I’ve been following throughout the week Section 230 Democrats split over plan to require greater censorship of ads in Section 230 overhaul Senate Democrats are split on new legislation that could force tech companies to censor online ads in the hopes of curbing misinformation and fraudulent claims. The bill is…
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Section 230 How To Think About Online Ads And Section 230 There’s been a lot of consternation about online ads, sometimes even for good reason. The problem is that not all of the criticism is sound or well-directed. Worse, the antipathy towards ad tech, regardless of whether it is well-founded or not, is coalescing into…
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SECTION 230 Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism, and Consumer Harms Act (SAFE TECH Act)My quick analysis: SAFE TECH Act would amend 230 to carveout immunity from any service that has accepted payment to make speech available (so any service that is funded by ad revenue? AWS?). Creates (c)(1)(B) to provide for an affirmative defense…
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A round-up of tech policy reads/podcasts I’ve been following throughout the week: Tech Policy What the Biden Administration May Bring for Tech Policy Top Republican proposes Big Tech action plan Section 230 Removing Civil Rights Law From Section 230 Will Create Many New Problems, While Failing To Fix Existing Ones [Comments on the Civil Rights Modernization…
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A round-up of tech policy reads/podcasts I’ve been following throughout the week: Section 230 Jennifer Huddleston on tech’s response to the Capitol Riots Berin Szoka on why we need Section 230 more than ever Prof. Eric Goldman’s Comments on the Protecting Constitutional Rights from Online Platform Censorship Act Trump made a mess of tech policy. Here’s…
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