Episode 6 - US Code Section 230 and You (Government Overreach)

US Code Section.. what?? 'Isn't this a tech show?' It is, which is why we've chosen to take this week for a discussion on tech laws that are threatening the very foundation of the internet as we know it.

Sources for what we've mentioned and further information can be found on our website!

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US Code Section.. what?? ‘Isn’t this a tech show?’ It is, which is why we’ve chosen to take this week for a discussion on tech laws that are threatening the very foundation of the internet as we know it.

Sources:

US Code Section 230 (Part of Communications Decent Act of 1996/Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996):

Cornell Legal Information Institute, 47 U.S. Code § 230 – Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive materialElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

FOSTA-SESTA:

Vox, 2018 July 2, ‘A new law intended to curb sex trafficking threatens the future of the internet as we know it’Slate, 2018 April 27, ‘After Backpage’Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 2020 June 1, ‘Sex Worker Rights Advocates Raise the Alarms about EARN IT‘

Tumblr:

Business Insider, 2019 December 20, ‘A year after Tumblr’s porn ban, some users are still struggling to rebuild their communities and sense of belonging’The Verge, 2019 August 12, ‘Verizon is selling Tumblr to WordPress’ owner’

COPPA & Youtube/Google:

Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 2019 November 22, ‘YouTube channel owners: Is your content directed to children?

EARN IT Act:

Library of Congress, S.3398 – EARN IT Act of 2020Stanford (The Center for Internet and Society), 2020 March 5, ‘The EARN IT Act Is Here. Surprise, It’s Still Bad News.’American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 2020 June 30, ‘The EARN IT Act is a Disaster for Online Speech and Privacy, Especially for the LGBTQ and Sex Worker Communities‘

Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act – We did not get to this as news for it released after the episode was recorded. It’s still important.

Tutanova, 2020 June 30, ‘New anti-encryption bill worse than EARN IT. Act now to stop both.’

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