Category Archives: cheap speech

“Biden allies urge Facebook to review spread of election fraud claims”

June 2, 2021, 10:50 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Politico: A nonprofit advocacy group with close ties to President Joe Biden on Wednesday joined calls for Facebook to review whether its actions contributed to the spread of unfounded election fraud claims leading up to the Jan. 6 siege on… Continue reading

“Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is driving force for a sprawling disinformation network, researchers say”

May 17, 2021, 6:51 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A sprawling online network tied to Chinese businessman Guo Wengui has become a potent platform for disinformation in the United States, attacking the safety of coronavirus vaccines, promoting false election-fraud claims and spreading baseless QAnon conspiracies, according to research… Continue reading

Todd Rokita Goes After Kristen Clarke

May 14, 2021, 6:34 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Bloomberg Law: President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division, already facing a tough confirmation fight, has received a civil investigative demand from Indiana’s Republican attorney general as part of his probe into Big Tech… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video: The Internet, Elections and the First Amendment (With evelyn douek, Noah Feldman, and Me, Moderated by Floyd Abrams)

May 7, 2021, 7:14 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Watch here, via Yale’s Abrams Institute.

New Nate Persily: “Yes, Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld Trump’s suspension. But here’s the bigger issue.”

May 7, 2021, 6:40 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Nate Persily at The Monkey Cage: The most important aspect of the board’s adjudication of the Trump takedown was its reliance on international human rights law to guide its decision. The board’s earlier decisions also referred to applicable United Nations… Continue reading

Analysis: Facebook Oversight Board’s Decision Upholding Trump Suspension But Requiring Facebook to Reconsider “Indefinite” Suspension Is Good, But Doesn’t Go Far Enough in Requiring Trump to Abandon Claims of Stolen Election for Platform Restoration

May 5, 2021, 6:53 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Facebook’s Oversight Board has issued its long-anticipated decision on whether Facebook was correct in removing Trump from the platform given his statements supporting the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. The Board determined that Facebook was correct: “In maintaining an… Continue reading

Stanford Event Thursday on Facebook Oversight Board’s Trump Decision (Expected Wednesday)

May 3, 2021, 11:54 amcheap speechRick Hasen

This looks to be a very important event (registration required): The Facebook Oversight Board will release its decision concerning the takedown of President Donald Trump’s account this Wednesday. On Thursday, May 6, from 2:00 to 3:15 PM Pacific, members of… Continue reading

“Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance”

May 3, 2021, 7:21 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Sue Halpern for The New Yorker.

“Abrams Institute Conversations”: The Internet, Elections and the First Amendment” (May 4, Yale Law, Online)

April 29, 2021, 10:12 amcheap speechRick Hasen

I’m really looking forward to participating in this event: As speech on the Internet increasingly dominates public discourse, the decision-making within Facebook, Google and the like about what to carry and what not is of ever-increasing import. The impact of… Continue reading

“Extremists Find a Financial Lifeline on Twitch; QAnon adherents and other far-right influencers are making thousands of dollars broadcasting election and vaccine conspiracy theories on the streaming site.”

April 28, 2021, 7:40 amcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: Twitch comes with a bonus: The service makes it easy for streamers to make money, providing a financial lifeline just as their access to the largest online platforms has narrowed. The site is one of the avenues, along with … Continue reading

“‘Hindsight Is 20/20’: An Internal Report Shows How Facebook Failed To Prevent The “Stop The Steal” Movement”

April 22, 2021, 9:40 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

BuzzFeed News: Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of a House of Representatives committee that his company had done its part “to secure the integrity of the election.” While the social network did not catch everything, the… Continue reading

“One America News Network Stays True to Trump”

April 18, 2021, 7:50 pmcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Months after the inauguration of President Biden, One America News Network, a right-wing cable news channel available in some 35 million households, has continued to broadcast segments questioning the validity of the 2020 presidential election.“There’s still serious doubts about… Continue reading

“Facebook oversight board delays decision on Trump ban to ‘the coming weeks'”

April 16, 2021, 10:46 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“The future of political advertising is connected TV”

April 15, 2021, 7:36 amcampaign finance, campaigns, cheap speechRick Hasen

Axios: Political advertising has quickly begun to migrate over to connected TV (CTV), or digital and streaming television, according to new data.Why it matters: “If the current trends of explosive growth in CTV viewership continue, we could see a… Continue reading

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