Internet companies have long enjoyed immunity for hosting other people’s content. AI chatbots are changing the legal equation.
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The law is the balance point between limiting hate speech and misinformation and keeping censorship in check. Here’s what could happen if Congress kicks it out from under the internet.
The Trump administration has different interests and priorities than those of the Biden administration for regulating technology. For some issues like AI regulation, big changes are on tap.
Deepfake scams are on the rise – but can their victims claim compensation? The legal landscape is still developing.
Justices are weighing the arguments in two cases that have the potential of changing the way social media platforms operate.
A key piece of federal law, Section 230, has been credited with fostering the internet and allowing misinformation and hate speech to flourish. Here’s how it could be reformed.
A terse piece of legislation from 1996 has been credited with creating the internet as we know it – and blamed for the flood of misinformation and other ills that have come with it.
Former President Trump is asking the courts to do what tycoon Trump once would have denounced: tell some of America’s most powerful corporations that they have no choice who they do business with.
Misinformation isn’t an inevitable product of social media. Proven techniques can help tech companies clean up their acts.
The major social media firms have taken a largely piecemeal and fractured approach to managing the problem.
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida
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Professor of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Adjunct Professor of Law, Pepperdine University
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Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Professor of Law, American University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi