David Folkenflik for NPR: “Could libel lawsuits squash misinformation?”
David Folkenflik asks attorney John Langford about using libel laws to combat misinformation in the media.
Category Archives: cheap speech
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Trevor Potter on My Cheap Speech Book, “Turning the Tide of Disinformation”
You can watch this conversation sponsored by the Campaign Legal Center at this link:
“Beware the Never-Ending Disinformation Emergency”
Gilad Edelman for Wired:
For that matter, why should YouTube police election fraud claims at all, long after the election is over?Social media companies are private entities that aren’t bound by the First Amendment. But their power over communication is… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of National Constitution Center Event, “Elections, Speech, and Political Disinformation”
National Constitution Center:
What are the leading proposals to combat election disinformation and are they consistent with the First Amendment? Richard L. Hasen, leading election law expert and author of Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to… Continue reading
New Podcast Interview with Jon Ward of Yahoo News About Cheap Speech: “Deplatforming is Not Censorship”
My New Washington Post Piece Connected to My Cheap Speech Book: “Facebook and Twitter could let Trump back online. But he’s still a danger.”
I have written this piece for the Washington Post. It begins:
In the Menlo Park, Calif., offices of Meta, discussions probably have already begun to consider what will happen Jan. 7, 2023, when former president Donald Trump’s ban from Facebook… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Nate Persily at Stanford Cyber Policy Center About My New Book, “Cheap Speech”
Great conversation with Nate, which you can watch here:
My New One in Slate Tied to Release of “Cheap Speech:” “How Supreme Court Radicalism Could Threaten Democracy Itself”
In connection with today’s release of my Cheap Speech book, and following up on my NY Times opinion piece yesterday. I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
In the last six years, confidence in our fragile… Continue reading
My New One in the NY Times: “How to Keep the Rising Tide of Fake News From Drowning Our Democracy”
I have written this guest essay for the NY Times, tied to the release of my Cheap Speech book tomorrow. It begins:
The same information revolution that brought us Netflix, podcasts and the knowledge of the world in our smartphone-gripping… Continue reading
My Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick on Slate’s Amicus Podcast: “Why ‘Cheap Speech’ Threatens Democracy”
You can listen here to this great conversation at Slate (with an extended interview for Slate Plus subscribers) (there’s also a transcript there):Election denialism and disinformation threaten the integrity of U.S. elections, but what can we do about this growing… Continue reading
“The Emptiness Inside Donald Trump’s New Social Media Platform”
Ruby Cramer for Politico:
Inside Truth Social, everything once blue was now a bright, jewel-toned purple. Tweets, a.k.a. posts, were now “Truths.” Retweets were now “ReTruths,” capital T. And above my username, I saw the site’s default avatar: Twitter’s… Continue reading
Cheap Speech Book-Related Virtual Appearances Next Week with Nate Persily, Jeffrey Rosen, and Trevor Potter
My Cheap Speech book is out Tuesday. Here are my appearances next week in book-related events (all virtual and free with registration):
March 8, 12 pm PT, Stanford Law School, Stanford CA (in conversation with Nate Persily)
March 10,… Continue reading
I Was on the “No Jargon” Podcast, Talking About My Upcoming Book, Cheap Speech
You can listen here.
Cheap Speech is out Mar 8 (though Kindle users can get it now for a 50 percent discount).
“Trump’s Truth Social’s disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability”
WaPo:
Former president Donald Trump, a longtime critic of how Democrats debuted Healthcare.gov, is facing a bungled website launch of his own.His long-promised social network, Truth Social, has been almost entirely inaccessible in the first days of its … Continue reading