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8 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
This is the most clear-headed, fresh and readable piece on #Section230 I've ever read. About the past, present, and possible future. Best is his discussion of the alternate history if 230 never passed Expert work, @GiladEdelman @WIRED

wired.com/story/gadget-l…
Though this was not the focus of the piece it was truly refreshing for somebody to finally acknowledge the tactic used by many of the 230 defenders -- to belittle anybody who dares question or litigate against 230.
The defenders say we don't understand or we're too stupid to get it or say something flippant and untrue like "the only reason you can post your criticism of section 230 is because of section 230." You can't feel too sorry for the defenders. They're on the side of the powerful.
It truly does feel like a new day is upon us with articles like this, #LemmonvSnap, SCOTUS' recent invitations for a good 230 case, excellent new litigations filed against BigTech, the #SAFETECH Act.

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Carrie A. Goldberg Profile picture
8 May
One thing i get asked a lot is if reforming Section 230 will result in a spate of new lawsuits.

The question assumes 1) lawsuits are a bad thing and 2) a bunch of new lawsuits = frivolous new lawsuits.
Reforming Section 230 hopefully WILL result in new lawsuits. That's a good thing. Because there are a ton of people who've suffered serious harms -- CSAM, sextortion, wrongful death of loved ones -- as a result of some specific tech platforms.
Imagine if there was a law that you couldn't sue car companies and that law was finally lifted. You can imagine that people who were in accidents because of faulty breaks, exploding airbags, and no seatbelts, would want their day in court.
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7 Apr
Today my client, @RepKatieHill, lost against perverted Daily Mail, a website that peddles in humiliation and monetizes sexual privacy invasions of women.

DM said, and the court agreed, that Katie's nudes were their free speech.

We think the appellate court will disagree. 1/
The court dismissed Katie's civil case at the earliest stage on anti-SLAPP grounds which is intended for nuisance defamation lawsuits against legit publications.

This is maybe the first time an Anti-SLAPP has been used to throw out a nonconsensual pornography civil suit. 2/
Dismissing Katie Hill’s case on ANTI-SLAPP grounds sets a dangerous precedent for victims of nonconsensual pornography everywhere. Anybody who dares enter the public eye should now have legitimate concern that old nude and sexual images can be shared 3/
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12 Feb
@YaelEisenstat Well, I ended a 4 month relationship with a frightening person who decided he would spend the rest of his life destroying mine. This included non-stop texts and emails and fb messages threatening me, my family, my friends, co-workers, parents, parents’ friends.
@YaelEisenstat He’d tell people I was a drug addict, anorexic, pregnant, involved in scandals with judges, a whore, sleeping with cops. He’d email me my own naked pics and vids and tell me I didn’t even want to know who he’d bcc’ed. False claims to the irs against my family members,
@YaelEisenstat Would show up at my apartment, said he’d hacked into my work computer and gmail, tried to get my super to let him into my apartment. Then came the legal stuff —when I got a restraining order, he cross petitioned. He’d sue me in small claims, civil court for bizarre things
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7 Feb
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Here is a 2012 @Reuters series by @mega2e about the thriving online market of "re-homing" adopted children. Big surprise about who wants unwanted children. Pedophiles.

The platforms involved: @Yahoo and @facebook. 1/ #Thread reuters.com/investigates/a…
A FB post for a Californian tries to rehome a Russian 13 yo boy who has displayed sexually aggressive behavior. And a Floridian wants to unload an 11 yo Russian girl "who has FAS with some sexual interest." 2/
The article explains that overseas adoptions into the US had become strict, slow and expensive.And the internet paved the way for interstate transfer of children -- private, same-day, and free. Scrutinizing the new parents, is left to the parents eager to unload the kid. 3/
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26 Jan
Victims of child sexual abuse material can sue. 18 USC 2255

And Kellyanne, there's no "Alternative Facts" defense when it comes to child pornography. #THREAD 1/
Claudia says KA likely obtained the image when KA confiscated Claudia's phone. And she believes KA kept them for a rainy day. Claudia expressed disbelief that KA would have intentionally posted them and conjectures that maybe KA was hacked. 2/

variety.com/2021/digital/n…
However, the intentional publication isn't a necessary factor b/c it seems clear that KA would have first knowingly distributed and reproduced them for herself and then knowingly retained them. All in violation of 18 USC 2252A. 3/

law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18…
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25 Jan
Zuckerberg is such a wuss he paid $130m to pretend his company isn’t responsible for major content moderation decisions.
nytimes.com/2021/01/24/bus…
The @oversightboard is a total sham. An abdication of Facebook’s responsibility to manage its own damn content. Comprised of elite judges who are as distanced from things like csam, sextortion, online harassment as imaginable.
And “structurally independent” ??
Structurally independent???
Wtf does structurally independent mean??

If you must modify the word independent , are you really independent?? 🥸
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