Digital Platforms in the Age of Content Moderation

  • William Marks (Harvard Law School)

The conventional wisdom around the responsibilities of platforms like Facebook, Google, and Amazon has evolved greatly. 1995-2010 saw the era of “rights,” in which the prevailing view was one of intermediaries’ abstention from shaping the flow of users’ contributions. 

 

From then until now there’s been a new framework, “public health,” emphasizing the harms that can result from unchecked online activity, just as AI techniques promise new ways to scale platforms’ monitoring and intervention in the activities they facilitate.

 

What’s next? We'll explore.

2 Day Two: The Present, or the Era of Public Health 2 Day Two: The Present, or the Era of Public Health

2.1. 47. U.S. Code § 230 (1996).

47. U.S. Code § 230 (1996).

2.2. cda.wtf (2020). [Take the Quiz].

cda.wtf (2020). [Take the Quiz].

2.3 “The Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy and Reputation” by Martha Nussbaum and Saul Levmore, Harvard University Press (2010). [Read Introduction]. 2.3 “The Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy and Reputation” by Martha Nussbaum and Saul Levmore, Harvard University Press (2010). [Read Introduction].

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2.4. “The New Governors: The People, Rules, and Processes Governing Online Speech” by Kate Klonick, Harvard Law Review (2018). [Read Section II].

“The New Governors: The People, Rules, and Processes Governing Online Speech” by Kate Klonick, Harvard Law Review (2018). [Read Section II].

2.5. “Herrick v. Grindr: Why Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act Must be Fixed” by Carrie Goldberg, Lawfare (2019).

“Herrick v. Grindr: Why Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act Must be Fixed” by Carrie Goldberg, Lawfare (2019).

2.6. “Towards a Clearer Conversation about Platform Liability” by Daphne Keller, Knight First Amendment Institute (2018).

“Towards a Clearer Conversation about Platform Liability” by Daphne Keller, Knight First Amendment Institute (2018).

2.7. “Online networks of eating-disorder websites” by Antonio Casilli et al., Perspectives in Public Health (2013).

“Online networks of eating-disorder websites” by Antonio Casilli et al., Perspectives in Public Health (2013).