Category Archives: social media and social protests

“Secretaries of State brace for wave of AI-fueled disinformation during 2024 campaign”

cheap speech, election administration, social media and social protests
Cyberscoop: Secretaries of State are already preparing for election disinformation during the 2024 presidential campaign that will be supercharged by artificial intelligence, many of them told CyberScoop during the National Association of Secretaries of State Conference that’s taking place… Continue reading

My New One at Slate: “Meta is Bringing Trump Back to Facebook. It Should Keep Him on a Short Leash to Protect Our Democracy.”

cheap speech, election subversion risk, social media and social protests
I have written this piece for Slate. A snippet: Meta’s decision Wednesday to replatform former president Donald J. Trump on Facebook and Instagram is lamentable and ill-considered. The company’s own standards required his continued exclusion from the social media platform… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-4 Vote Reinstates District Court Order Temporarily Barring Enforcement of Texas Social Media Law; Good News for the First Amendment and Bad News for Those Seeking Law to Replatform Trump

cheap speech, First Amendment theory, social media and social protests
In an unusual 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has vacated a so-far-unexplained order from the 5th Circuit that stayed enforcement of a Texas district court order barring Texas from enforcing its new social media law. Among other things, this Texas… Continue reading